Weekend warriors

A lot of work was done this weekend. I appreciate that the subcontractors work on the weekends, but I'm actually puzzled as to why. This was nothing unusual - we saw mudders and tapers in the house next door on the weekends several times and we walked in on painters working on Tom's house on a weekend once. I don't know if they are given a date to finish by, and they try to get it all done early so they can take it easy at the end, or what. Regardless, on Saturday, the taping was all done. I went to visit the house just as they were cleaning up: sweeping up the plentiful dust and scraping up chunks of dried compound that had fallen on the floor. It is one hell of a messy job.

On Sunday, we visited again, and a husband and wife team were in the house spraying primer on all the walls. It was very hard to breathe, so we zipped through, but it looked damn good. We spoke to the woman a bit later and she said they expected to be done with the ceilings and the bathrooms by the end of Monday. We are almost at the four weeks to deadline today, so this is all good. The general guideline, you might recall, is that four weeks after the drywall is up, it is ready. The drywall was done two Fridays ago, so if that estimate hold true, we could be in by the first week in December.

We're keeping our fingers crossed.

The exterior is coming right along, too. It is supposed to be a rainy week, so I was a bit concerned, but it was only misting this morning, so the carpenters were there working on the siding. They will be able to finish the back today if the weather holds. The only things left are the sunroom (which is mostly windows and doors, but that doesn't mean it can be done quickly), the fireplace housing, and about 25% of the upper part of the rear of the house. After that, I think the only thing left is the white trim along the eaves.

After the painters, flooring is next - wood and tile.