More Priming

Darek and Marco came over to help again. They primed the rest of the downstairs, including the woodwork (my parents took care of the two bedrooms, so we did the living room, hall, and upstairs).

Randy was at the plumbing again as well. It's looking really good. Plus, he got the sewer pipe out of our head room in the basement, for which I am highly thankful (it's now against the foundation and out of our way).

Andrea had to go to work, so I picked her up so we could do the house in the afternoon and evening. She worked on painting some trim, and caulking bad areas since I neglected to do this in the living room area (my parents, ever vigilant, did not forget this step in the rooms they did :)).

I built the alcove wall, so that Randy could rough in the plumbing and we can put drywall up. It's a small wall (30", where the shower head is, to enclose the tub area). Accordingly, I figured it wouldn't take long. However, never underestimate the ability of fatigue to make a seemingly easy project difficult. Not only did this take longer than I would have expected (unfortunately due to the height of the wall I couldn't build it first and raise it, I had to build it in place which took longer), but it went further over because of stupid mistakes. Cutting a board too short by allowing for one too many 2x4s and forgetting to level one of the studs tops that list I think (I put up a stud from the edge of the bottom plate to the edge of the top plate, forgetting that the top plate was longer so it could catch a floor joist).

At any rate, by the end of the evening all rooms (except the upstairs bathroom and kitchen, which don't have hardwoods and can be painted later) were at least primed, and the tub enclosure was actually an enclosure. Not too bad for a day's work.