Two steps forward... one back....

On Wed (Mar 5 th) we took day-trip to nearby GA - we expected that while we were gone, sprayers would show up and prepare ceiling and walls with texture so they could be painted... using the remote camera, we kept checking progress all day, and had given up hope that anything would happen.  Then about 4 pm we saw movement behind the plastic barrier that has been up nearly a month to contain the dust from foam spray, dry wall and the finish spraying...

When we arrived home about 2 hrs later, everyone was gone but all the texturing was complete!  And we discovered that we now had a wonderful series of ditches intended to re-install the sprinklers that were cut when the foundation was poured in early Jan.  As of today (Sun), we still have the ditches, and rain is expected tomorrow ... sigh.   Also visible is lots of concrete pieces... seems the original porch foundation was out of square by about 2-3 inches... now trimmed off (well, as trimmed as you can get with 8" of concrete - will have a pretty finish layer shortly)

Yesterday, Antonio showed up with a trailer of supplies which are to be used when they begin installing the siding theoretically tomorrow as well. But not if it rains - at least we know they are not going to use the material on another job, since 3 of the 4 tires went flat in last two days <grin>.

Starting Thurs., the plastic barrier came down, and the painters showed up... Fran & I painted 1000 sq.ft of ceilings (15 ft peak in the roof - guess who got to climb the shaky ladder? - few things in life are more exciting than having your leg vibrate while trying to balance paint 15 ft in the air!), all the walls; re-painted the kitchen, and painted the laundry room (no furnace!) from Thurs thru today - all in preparation for the new tile flooring to be installed on Wed & Thurs... whoopie.

 

      

Jim & Mary, Bob & Joan admiring newly painted room :)

Bad news is that ARS granite installers informed us that they wouldn't be able to install new kitchen & bath granite until Mar. 29th - VERY unhappy with this setback, since Advance Construction (main contractor) made major effort to be ready for the granite installation initially scheduled for this past Thurs / Fri.    Looks like everything will be done by end of next week, except for granite... sigh.