WORK WORK WORK

Tommy finished the molding on the front porch today. He bent a lot more pieces of azek for around the large window over the front door. He put all the molding on the front triangular part and finished up with some moldings on the curve. It came out awesome.

Tom's dad finished up the front stairs... They also look awesome.

I grouted the fireplace where I added the stone on Thursday. And then I grouted the rest of the walls in the master bathroom...

We got a lot done today!

This morning there as was a REMAX hot air balloon in the backyard... seemed pretty low... I love it how Hooper is scared of them. The "dragon" sound they make from the propane torch scares the crap out of him and he runs in the house and all the way upstairs... my poor baby...

VETERANS DAY

We had the day off for Veteran's Day and we made some good use of it.

Tommy worked on some more of the trim on the front porch and also helped his dad with the stair railing.

Tom's mom was picking rocks from the backyard from where the propane trench was dug.

I gut and glued with construction adhesive some stone veneer for the short edges of the fireplace. I didn't think I was going to put them, but it didn't look good without them so we decided to add them. I also painted caulked and painted the crown molding on the side porch...

LIMESTONE

After work today Tom and his dad put the limestone on the edge of the side porch.

Tom's mom and I sealed the slate and stacked it up.

STAIR TREADS

We gave Tom's dad a list of measurements for the stair treads we needed. He went today and purchased limestone treads and limestone for the edges of the porches. Afterwork they mixed up the mud and laid the stair treads on the front steps.

Tom's mom and I took out all the slate boxes, opened them up, and hosed them off to prepare them for sealer.

I ordered the stone veneer for the front of the house today... It could come in anywhere from days to 2 weeks from now.

FRONT STAIR BLOCKWORK

Today the front stairs were finished. Tom and his dad finished laying the blocks. Tom's mom searched for rocks to fill the cores with and then they filled them with mortar. We ended up with 5 risers and 4 treads. We can finally use the FRONT DOOR!






Meanwhile I worked inside. I put tile on the wall behind the vanity, but I ran out of the border material and eventhough I went to Home Depot to get that and more glue they boys were using the levels so I decided to leave it off. Instead I grouted the curved wall. It was scary putting the grout on because that quartzite tile is rough and it seemed like the grout would never come off because it turned the quartzite white, but it did and it looks good.

FRONT STAIRS

Today Tom's dad came over and worked with Tommy on the block for the front stairs. By mid afternoon they had already laid the first three rows to get to the first step.

Meanwhile I finished up some tile around the windows in the master bathroom and grouted 3 short walls in the toilet room...