7.22.2019

After a hot weekend, today was a big change - we were only in the 60s and it rained most of the day.  So definitely an inside day for Jim.  This morning, he started prepping wood.  His next project is to make the entry doors for the auto bay attic and the attic access door in our master bedroom.  He's working on the auto bay one first.  After planing the wood and cutting it to size, here he's making the rabbet cuts...

Here's the outer door frame - he's making these doors so that they will encompass foam board for good insulation.

After lunch, Jim headed out to Saratoga to go to both Home Depot and Lowe's.  It's been almost two weeks of trying to get a quote from Home Depot on the garage door for the carriage house with no results.  It was time for an in-person visit.  It worked out well that the person that Jim had been working with wasn't there today; a different person helped him and was able to figure out the spring issue.  Everything still took a long time but the door is now officially on order.

Onto Lowe's - Jim had to get a quote for the window for the dormer in the stairwell.  This is where we were originally going to use the half-round window but there is no available good way to flash it to prevent leaks.  If time were not an issue, Jim could no doubt figure something out, but of course it is.  He's talked to the roofing experts and no one has any good advice.  So...back to the drawing board.  Actually, Plan B will be better because Jim designed an awning window that can open to get fresh air into the stairwell.  Jim had some sticker shock when he saw the quote on one window - it was more than double the cost we paid for any other single window.  We got great deals back when we ordered because of the quantity and because our old pro rep was wonderful; we don't get that this time around.  Jim's going to make a template of the window size just to make sure before he gets that window ordered.

After using the new paint sprayer that he bought, Jim decided that the cordless option would be much better.  He got the sprayer at such a good price that he was able to make money when he sold it - so the new one just came in the mail today!

 

High 69/Low 59 - rainy