Renovation Update

Things have slowed a little, but at least the important stuff is done.

We've also had a few bumps in the road.

One of the siding guys apparently tried to stand on one of our deck chairs and put his foot through it. After leaving a big, muddy bootprint on it, he covered it with a blanket, so we didn't see it until he was gone.

After specifically telling them not to re-install an eye-bolt that was screwed into the back of the house, the minimally-english-speaking workers did it anyway, running the screw through the new siding. A little hell-raising later, they replaced the piece of siding.

The shutters and the lattice had been completely forgotten, but a phone call cleared that up.

There were a couple of trim-boards that had carpenter bee holes in them. I was told the boards would be replaced before being covered with siding. I'm certain they were not. I had snuck up on the scaffolding after the first day, and confirmed that the wood was structurally ok, so no big deal.

The locks on the garage doors don't retract far enough to clear the track.

Mrs Schwartz does not like having workers in the house when she's trying to work.

They should be done trimming the internals of the windows tomorrow. I think it went pretty quickly, but I'll be glad when it's all done.