Final week?

As you can imagine, it was a busy weekend for Loralee and I. The fall foliage is really coming out nicely, and the weather was beautiful, but we did not have much time to enjoy it. Our big push was to get the 2nd floor finished so the OSB team to wrap up the trim on that floor.

I picked up the sander from the rental agency on my way home Friday afternoon, and we went to work as soon as I got there. Cleaning and sanding the floor 3 times- 36 grit, 60 grit, and 100 grit-- took us until nearly 10:30 Friday night. For dinner, Lor ran down to the House of Pizza, and we scarfed it down while sitting on the front porch.

Saturday, we returned around 8 AM, and finished cleaning the floor then hit it with the first coat of urethane. My Mom came by, and helped with raking/seeding the lawn while I put up the mailbox. Then , we puttered for a few hours waiting for the floor to dry... Lor did more urethane work on the stair treads and railings, while I put shelves in the kitchen pantry and put a new 4-prong plug on our oven. We were there until 5, but the floor was still very wet.. No second coat on Saturday.

With the weekend running out, we still had two coats to go. We committed to getting up early, and were back at the house by 7:30 Sunday AM. The first coat looked great, so we sanded it and laid down the 3rd coat. Headed home to rest/relax, but came back at 5 for the third and final coat. Unfortunately, the floor was still pretty tacky, and we had to give it another 2 hours before we could start... But, laying down the 3rd coat by 7, we wrapped up by 8:30 PM. The last big job of ours was done!

We are supposed to move in on Saturday, but it seems a lot is left to do:

- Install finished stairs
- install 2nd floor trim
- install door latches
- install pluming fixtures
- install bathroom heater
- finish the lights
- finish kitchen counter
- tile shower
- install appliances
- finish the chimney

Yesterday, Jeb got the stairs in, and the countertop tile was laid (it looks great!). I can't wait to see what is done tonight....