Deck box, clearcoating, tiles and window sills

Did a drive-by lunch fish sandwich from Burgerville and polished off a Joe’s Donut maple bar from Sandy on the way up the mountain. The view of Mt. Hood on the way was exquisit — crystal clear, nearly leaping out of the skyline. 

Stewart was on the site, moving stuff around.  The “snake” reject duct-work was gone, much to my delight.  Todd, Stewart and I talked about the raillings for the second floor.  Originally we hoped to have all brass railings, but there wasn’t enough brass, so the three railings (one of either side of the fireplace and one near the top of the stairs) and all will be wood/brass combos. 

Pencil drawing on Hardbacker board shows design of the second floor railings

Todd and Bobby turned the corner on the Great Room tilework, moving at last from the hallway into the Great Room itself.  The tricky part is laying tile around the fireplace.  Bobby (another very patient person) tried about ten times to get a pesky tile to fit and became victorious. 

The tile that is on the lower left is the one that was particularly troublesome to fit.

The routine is: vacuum floor; measure for tile; Bobby cuts the tile on the breezeway; cut tile returns to its spot where either Todd or Boddy lays down cement; tile is placed with red U-shaped spacers taking the guesswork out of spacing; repeat

Yesterday the decking crew had boxed in the deck.  A picture shows where the Dennis and Mary firepit will go in a corner. 

This will be the corner of the large back deck where the firepit will go.

One picture is in black and white because it came out an odd blue.  It is of the lower front deck where one of the wheelchair ramps will go.

More great tile work in the downstairs bathroom in the form of the backsplash for the sink. The plan had been to also incorporate 2″X2″ brown tiles into it as well, but Todd decided it looked dumb and nixed it.  Glad crew is willing to make such decisions without my input. 

Backsplash for the downstairs bathroom sink

Johnny was spending his time today and his time yesterday caulking and clearcoating interior windows and doors.  Something like four coats on inside the front door now.  It glows. We made a choice to buy that terrific front door with the agreement the other interior doors would be inexpensive.  Johnny has coated the downstairs doors with two or three coats, sanding between each one.  Very smooth now and warm. The closet doors await his touch.

If any of you want to make a visit before the gates close, now would be a good time.  Allen has heard predictions of 2 to 3 feet of snow at Timberline in the near future.

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