Maple Flooring

I talked with Jorge Sanchez last week & he had no work lined up on Monday, so he came to help me move all the Maple flooring from the basement garage of our rental home up to our new house. He is a hard worker & would only let me help with the really heavy bundles. Some were eight feet long and quite a load even for the two of us. I don't know how I managed to move all that wood down from Portland last Fall by myself. When we had the trailer stacked two high, I strapped everything down then drove up to 10th and backed right up to our deck and we unloaded right into the Dining Room, Entry and Living Room. It took 4 trips and most of the day to complete the move. Lynna came and took some pictures as we were unloading the last load and got a good one of "Mr. Don" giving direction while Jorge hefted the bundles.

Two weeks ago we had some rain and discovered a small leak in the roof. I had someone out to check it and found our roofer had failed to install a "Cricket" called for by the plans. This was letting water from the garage/main roof valley overwhelm the flashing where the valley met the Gable end half wall. I might have caught this, but that part of the roof is almost out of sight from the ground and it was being finished at the time I broke my arm. We were unsuccessful in getting the roofer back to correct this (He's out of business & won't return our calls) so I found two local firms to assess things & recommend a fix. The contractor we chose was able to fit us in and came by this afternoon. They fixed the garage side today and are coming back tomorrow to do the same treatment on the master bedroom side.

I spent all week oiling the cabinet and drawer interiors. I will be done with cabinet finishing in just a few more days, then I can install them and move on to the flooring.