Before we dive into today, we have to thank our friends Bob and Karen in Ft. Myers, Florida. Bob, a contractor, great cook, and better friend, has been following our challenges with this house. He contacted us yesterday and offered to fly up and help us finish the house. We are blessed to have such good friends. Thanks Bob and Karen, you guys are the best.
Today was a ten hour day. We worked tilling and pulverizing the soil in preparation for seed and fertilizers. Many thanks to Todd (our neighbor) for helping us understand the pulverise operation. We've still got a long way to go, but we both enjoy working the land.
More problems since our last post. The tile work in the master bath is not commensurate with quality workmanship, necessitating that part of the work must be torn out and replaced. There are chipped tiles, uneven depth in the banding, alignment issues with the larger tiles, and sloppy grouting on the shelves.
The soil under the rear patio has eroded, leaving a cantilevered effect on some of the concrete. In addition, pieces of concrete are coming up at the sawed stress line in the lower level concrete pad. We're about at wit's end.
We had planned faux painting in the living room and dining room ceiling inserts, but after seeing examples of the work yesterday, decided to pass (it looks like a bad paint job to us).
We are planning to work all day tomorrow on the soil, because the pulverizer is rented and needs to go back Tuesday morning (thanks again Terry for all your help). We've prepared, ferterlized, and seeded around the pond. The west property (hopefully) tomorrow before sundown. After sundown, we'll turn to preparing for work Tuesday.
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