A Window And Doors

That won't stop the bats at all

October 4th seems so long ago - and it kind of is - about 2 weeks. It was a beautiful day to do work when the temps were still in the 70s, now unfortunately the leaves are turning faster and the mercury seems to be plummeting. I had a couple of guys stop over the help and I bet you can guess who - Kirby and Ron - yep, but the surprise was Jon the concrete block guy!

Jon came back to finish the glass block window in the master shower (so we dont' get any bats this winter) as well as fill the gaping hole left behind by the HVAC guy that installed the vent for the downdraft in the kitchen - so we don't get bats this winter. Yeah it's a theme that I believe in strongly. Anyway, Jon finished all but 3 block that ended up being an odd size and I had to find them later in the week. Not many places carry a 6x6x4 glass block, so I had to be patient, and risk bats in the house. Well I didn't get bats, but I sure did acquire a LOT of flies that are now dying off. Anyway the window turned out great as did the brick by the kitchen.
Jon preps the last row/then adds final touches

Placing the last brick/WTF?! Did he use a canon?

Just a tappy-tap to clean it out


Kirby meanwhile started on the new baseboards and door trim in the master bath. First was puttying all the nail holes with 'spackle' then going back with primer - all very exciting. He had to leave at noon for football (he IS a standout WR at high school on the west side - just ask his dad!) so his dad took over. Ron was setting up the door in the basement to be primed. Rather interestig little maze he created that would allow the sprayer to hit both sides in one application. It sounds like a great idea until the sprayer (eventually me) keeps bumping his fast --- into the newly sprayed doors either because he needs to get on the treadmill and/or the doors may be a touch too close to each other. Either way RON did a great job ingeniously hangning the doors so that they pivot and all can be completed soon. I was hoping for that day, but that's another story.
As usual laying on the job/But having fun!

Ron's a scary man/Very Scary


I sanded and painted doors and ran around town looking for more paint, and then spent 4 hours cleaning out the darn sprayer because it gunked up while waiting for me to find more paint - and the original paint was too old, so needless to say I wasn't in the greatest of moods. All of that on top of the fact that I've never painted anything indoors with a paint sprayer that needed to be a 'finish' piece. So the pressure is on to make them look every bit as fantastic as the wood already in the house.
Details/It's ALL in the details...


Shana as always took a few pics while bouncing in and out of the house to take pics for me and take her own as a professional photographer of weddings and families and high school kids and little kids - pretty much anyone that needs a family memory recorded. thank you Shana.

It was a great weekend and we got a lot accomplished and I'm looking forward to installing the tile in the laundry room, master bath and some other flooring not yet determined in the master closet. Gotta paint int there yet ;-)