So I’ve been spying on the contractors from my office over the last two weeks. First the concrete guys poured the pad.
A week later the framers showed up. By 2:30 in the afternoon, they had transformed a pile of lumber and rafters into a shingled structure! I got the impression they had done this kind of thing before.
Today the electricians did their thing. The siding would go on early next week except for the fact that we apparently have non-standard tastes when it comes to style and colour.
Yes. That is a boxspring that has been cut in half. And yes, that would be our boxspring. Fortunately, it seems to have survived the ordeal and is still fit to sleep on.
Work is continuing on our closet reconfiguration project. All that is left is to finish the outside trim, hang the doors, and install the hardware.
When we opened the walls in the bedrooms, we discovered some knob-and-tube wiring. If only the people that had previously had the walls open had done what they should have done, then I wouldn’t have to be the one making holes in the walls and ceiling, eating dust, and scratching my hands and arms.
The day came when we had to say goodbye to our Ingersoll house. Tears were shed by all. Let’s hope the new house will accumulate at least as many good memories as the old one did. It treated us very well.
