Awake: 6:20am Temp 61 sleep 6+53 light rain off & on overnight @ Nicktown.
After breakfast, K & I visited our house to see what everyone was working on. Troy, the painter, had finished staining the stair steps, which had been closed for several days, but by Saturday, they will be available for use. Troy has also been staining the bar, giving it several coats & that too, should be finished today. And the bannister for the stairway, Troy also has been staining that. The longest round piece of wood will be the bannister.
The remainder of the workers (except for Bob & Adam) were busy hanging (3) more doors, metal doors for the garages & the equipment room.
Blumes from Freeport, PA arrived around 9:40am.
They extended their platform from their truck, which made a bridge to the house, & brought the granite slabs onto the main floor using a (2) wheel like a see/saw.
. I didn't know what sort of weight they were dealing with, but these guys did not make it look easy.
Then they huffed & they puffed...
& lifted that granite up on top of the cabinet.
These (2) guys also put granite on the opposing wall around the big sink...
& the master bedroom granite counter installation.
If the slab was not level when matching another section, they brought the leveling devices (suction cups on both units) & gradually suctioned both pieces of the granite to precisely match one another.
@ 6:50pm, I drove to the Nicktown hotel & waited for the guys to walk in; we had spread the word a few days ago that a "guys night out" is on for tonight. First comers get a free beer; stragglers have to wait.
Lucky Cy & his brother, Tony, were the winners. Slowly the rest of the gang filled our table of (8). We chatted, exaggerated a little, told funny stories of yesteryear & simply enjoyed our beers & each other for a good (3) hrs. The (2) large Pizzas we ordered were gobbled up with little effort but that last small piece, no one touched...so I took it home for Kathy.
It was fun; we hope for many more rendezvous like this.
Lights out: 11:34pm.
After breakfast, K & I visited our house to see what everyone was working on. Troy, the painter, had finished staining the stair steps, which had been closed for several days, but by Saturday, they will be available for use. Troy has also been staining the bar, giving it several coats & that too, should be finished today. And the bannister for the stairway, Troy also has been staining that. The longest round piece of wood will be the bannister.
The remainder of the workers (except for Bob & Adam) were busy hanging (3) more doors, metal doors for the garages & the equipment room.
Blumes from Freeport, PA arrived around 9:40am.
They extended their platform from their truck, which made a bridge to the house, & brought the granite slabs onto the main floor using a (2) wheel like a see/saw.
. I didn't know what sort of weight they were dealing with, but these guys did not make it look easy.
Then they huffed & they puffed...
& lifted that granite up on top of the cabinet.
These (2) guys also put granite on the opposing wall around the big sink...
& the master bedroom granite counter installation.
If the slab was not level when matching another section, they brought the leveling devices (suction cups on both units) & gradually suctioned both pieces of the granite to precisely match one another.
@ 6:50pm, I drove to the Nicktown hotel & waited for the guys to walk in; we had spread the word a few days ago that a "guys night out" is on for tonight. First comers get a free beer; stragglers have to wait. Lucky Cy & his brother, Tony, were the winners. Slowly the rest of the gang filled our table of (8). We chatted, exaggerated a little, told funny stories of yesteryear & simply enjoyed our beers & each other for a good (3) hrs. The (2) large Pizzas we ordered were gobbled up with little effort but that last small piece, no one touched...so I took it home for Kathy.
It was fun; we hope for many more rendezvous like this.
Lights out: 11:34pm.
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