Tuesday dawned sunny! What a treat to pull up the blinds in the kitchen and see that the sun was soon going to shine over the horizon. It was my day to go to Brookings and wash clothes, grocery shop, and buy the latest items needed for the "carpenters." So while I was gone, the three of them accomplished a lot.
Duane worked at wiring all day and got the majority of it done. It seems like we will have more outlets in the attic than we have in the rest of the house. Not quite, but it seems that way. Then there will be two track lights and one light in each gable. The east wall storage area has three lights and the north has one. There is a light in the stairway, and there will be an electric heat panel just below the ceiling on the north wall. So all of those areas, besides the outlet he gave us on the east wall of the guest bedroom made for a lot of work. He also replaced another outlet in the guest bedroom that was all cracked up and hardly worked. Those improvements will be wonderful!
Justin and Carrie finished the stud work and the furring strips. So today they will be putting up the air chute vents (styrofoam sheets that fit between the studs and go in before the insulation). It's interesting to see Carrie up there with her "work clothes" on, safety glasses on her face, using a saw on the studs or whatever. She especially likes the drill. They have made good use of the cordless tools we bought before this project started: a skill saw, a reciprocating saw, a drill and jigsaw. The only one they haven't used yet is the jigsaw.
Weather is very cold this morning, but I guess the attic wasn't quite as frigid as yesterday morning, because the wind is not so ferocious. Duane is getting reacquainted with North country winters!
Duane and Carrie have quite a time with each other--lots of teasing going back and forth. I told them after Duane leaves, they'll have to talk on the phone every so often because they'll be missing sparring with each other!
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