Day of trucks and Scotts

There were a lot of trucks on Steinback Mountain today. First to arrive was Justo at his usual 6:45 am, followed by Corey. Within a half an hour two more trucks arrived driven by Scott the electrician and his boss Jerry. We met them in the guest house where we went over the specific placements for the electrical panel, numerous outlets, light and bath fan switches, thermostats, bathroom lighting (including the hidden LED lights behind the exposed beam), and the three sconces in the sleeping area.

While Scott and Jerry started working on the wiring, Corey and Justo finished installing the hard board covering the soffit. After a bit, Mike arrived in his truck and he met with the electricians to make sure everything was on track.

We went back to the main house to get ready for Scott #2 who was arriving at 10 to look over the project and give us his Costco quote for the countertops. We arranged all of the solid surface samples we had received from our tile guy on top of John Laughton's prototype so that Scott #2 could see exactly what we were looking for. After arriving in a SUV (not quite a truck), he showed us a new product called Dekton which we really, really liked because of its matte surface but S#2 warned us it would be more expensive than the Ceaserstone we were leaning towards.

The Dekton sample is on the left. It's sitting on our Saarinen tulip dining table and is ever so slightly darker than the table but significantly less shiny. And that's a good thing. It is guaranteed not to stain or crack and comes with a 25-year warranty.

Late in the afternoon we received the Costco estimate and the Dekton is going to cost $9K more than our tile guy's Ceaserstone quote. Costco's estimate for Zodiak, basically a Ceaserstone equivalent, is $5.5K more than our tile guy's quote. Hmmmmm.

While taking some of today's pictures in the guest house we noticed "C. Locke" on the boom box Corey brings to work each day. Turns out he's the son of Steve Locke who is Mike's brother and the son of Don Locke who is the owner of Tombleson Construction. We're thinking Mr. T would like that.

At the end of the day Corey and Justo waved their goodbyes and said they would see us on Tuesday. They're getting a much deserved 4-day weekend. Scott #1 returns tomorrow so the progress continues.