TGIF 2

The third week of demolition and framing has ended and it's been a very productive week. It's also been "Planning Week," the week before the Fall semester starts, which means most of our time has been spent on campus in meetings. Lots of meetings. So we haven't been able to watch the hour by hour progress on the guest house and only get to see what the Tombleson crew has accomplished when we return to Steinback Mountain at the end of the day.

Wednesday started out really well, however. Corey and Justo noticed the covered pile of decking material when they drove up the hill and graciously offered to retrieve it. It took two trips in Corey's truck but within an hour they had the pile stacked and covered right outside the garage where it will be safe until it's time for the deck to go up.

The Plyboo decking material is really nice and everyone who's seen it so far has commented on how beautiful and heavy it is. We were pleasantly surprised to see some subtle color variations between the planks which will add to its beauty when installed.

Yesterday, according to the crew, John Laughton stopped by and took some final measurements for the two cabinets going in the guest house bathroom. We thought we might have a County inspector come by this week to approve the framing, but Justo thinks that'll probably happen early next week.

This afternoon Brett, the linoleum guy, stopped by to check out the stairwell. He brought along samples of the rubber stair edging options and we quickly found the one we wanted. Brett also suggested we use a dark grey rubber for the risers which we think will give it a nice, professional look. He's going to do a mock-up and bring it by next week. He also said he'll sell us the remnants we want at his cost, somewhere around a dollar a square foot. Sweet!

So at the end of the week all of the doors have been framed as well as the large window for the shower. It's now really easy to visualize how dramatic the bathroom is going to be with the big window and its view of the oak trees on the hillside.

Monday morning Mike is bringing the plumber back out to go over the scope of the project and review the products he'll be purchasing and installing. The two doors have been ordered, the lighting was ordered and arrived yesterday. The cabinets are being made... the tile is on its way. Only decision left to be made is the countertops. That should happen by the end of the week. Oh, and we still have to pick out the window for the shower....