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April 11, 2007

Construction Daily

Today was a huge day, thanks to my brother Jim who took a little time off work to help out. The first order of the day was to place our appliances, clearly not something I was looking forward to handling on my own! We started in the kitchen, getting both of the stoves in place. Definitely heavier than they looked. Next up was the fridge, a boy did that big boy weigh a few pounds. I was just glad we got it in place without damaging any of the floor.

Once those were in place, we went downstairs to get both sets of stackable washer/dryers in place. That was kind of a pain in the ass because we had to lift the dryer while standing in the hallway. A little bit tight! We got it figured out, then got all the packing/boxes moved out into the dumpster. Shannon is going to be sooo happy to see the appliances in place!

Next up was to create an exact template for the curved tasting bar. This was a critical step to getting the incoming Corian top cut exactly perfect in my cousin Bill's countertop shop, Tops of the Town. So the plan was to build a luann replica of the countertop, then disassemble it, take it over to Bill's place, then they would use the template to create the Corian tops. Jim and I both used to work with Bill back in the college days, so we knew pretty well how to create the template. The hardest part of course was the curve, so basically we nailed the sheets of luann to the tasting room floor, and transferred the measurements of the tasting bar onto the floor. Once the bar was "drawn" on the luann, we pulled out the nails and took the jigsaw and cut out the shape. It came out in several pieces, and we had to assemble them in place on the bar counters. The template turned out great, with a nice little gap the whole way around the back that hopefully will enable a smooth installation.

Thanks Jim!

Daily hours = 12
Total hours = 418

Check out the pics.

Posted by Stephen at April 11, 2007 10:45 PM