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April 26, 2007

Construction Daily

Some really cool stuff happening today! Tom finished up the music loft while I continued working on the remaining newel posts in the catwalk. Once he was done in the loft they moved downstairs and got to work in the gift shop and WOW what a difference the red oak makes vs. the bloodwood. They were able to use the regular flooring nailer and just absolutely banged through the whole gift shop in about five hours. These guys are pros.

Outside the driveway got installed - that is a wild operation. Basically a dump truck pulls into the end of the driveway and tilts the box. As the stone starts to pour out the truck moves slowly along laying the stone at just the right rate. Then a few quick passes with the bobcat and voila - a driveway. Once the stone was in place, Trevor began building up the old entrance to close off the old driveway. We opted to keep a longer drive, which exits at the bottom of either side of the hill. Figured it was safer than trying to drive out where the old driveway was. Plus we want to plant some bushes and trees to block off the view from the road a bit - nice to have a little privacy while sitting on the front porch.

Daily hours = 12
Total hours = 525

Check out the pics.

Posted by Stephen at April 26, 2007 11:00 PM