After a slow start the first few days, I gained speed at laying the Maple flooring. I am still slowed some by having to carry the bundles in, then lay out the wood in the pattern it will be nailed. This is necessary to get correct joint spacing and also to get a random mix of dark & light wood pieces. The colored patches from the basketball court stripes produce a cheery mosaic that will be sanded off when we resurface the floor. Most of the wood is pretty straight and the stapler is usually able to force the rare warped piece into a snug fit. There were a few crooked pieces that required using wedges to snug them up. Yesterday, I had enough wood down to move the gas stove back & I hooked up its vent pipe.
Once I got a fairly wide strip down, the dogs decided it was their preferred place to lay. This should help cut down the time I spend every day brushing plaster dust off them before we head down to the rental house.
Lynna picked a contractor to do the North porch and today she met with John, our framer, to plan the pad he needs for the stairs from our covered deck. When we do the cement work we will add extensions to a couple of the porch footings to satisfy a request by our inspector.
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