Catching up

July 20: Plumber
The plumber returned in the morning to hook up the stove and install the sink, faucet, and disposer.

July 19: Counter & Electricians
The counter installers arrived in the morning to install the lovely silestone counter and backsplash. It is all held in place with adhesives and 3 of them leaned on the backsplash between the stove and the fridge to get it in place.

Half an hour after the left, the backsplash began to pull away from the wall, leaving a gap of over an inch at the end next to the stove. After my urgent and anguished phone call they returned with reinforcements to solve the problem. Of course, the wall is curved. Nothing in this house is flat, square, or level! The solution turned out to be putting a seam in the backsplash over the high point of the curve. I was skeptical but we can hardly find it, even knowing where it is.

Just as the counter folks were leaving for the second time, the electricians showed up a day early.

July 16: Door fixed

We left the lockbox for the carpenter and returned to find the door had been nicely trimmed.

July 13: Flooring

The floor was installed. It looks very nice. However, all 3 doors needed to be trimmed to accomodate the higher floor, and they trimmed only 2 of them. They seemed to think that the door to the back entrance, with weather stripping brushing the floor, was ok. However, after they left I took off the old weatherstripping and the door caught on the floor and could not be opened all the way.

July 12: Counter template

Today a man came to measure for the counter.