Learning the wet saw

We got a lot done on Thursday. The sink is mounted, then we could set the wall tile in the bathroom. Meanwhile the laminate flooring was laid in the bedroom. The ceiling fan was assembled and mounted, and the electrical service was turned on. Door trim was cut and fit, including some tricky finagling around some of the ...uh... inconsistencies in the existing walls. And the painters of course had all kinds of work. Somehow we managed to avoid completely getting into each others' way in the small room.

Janet and Faith continued cleaning up the yard and planted bunches of bulbs.

The flooring saga was not without excitement. After about half the floor was laid, Neil came in and said "something doesn't feel right". The floor seemed a little too bouncy. Turns out there was a stray pencil that somehow found its way under the flooring. Oops. Some fishing with a long wallboard T-square managed to retrieve the errant troublemaker and the floor was stable again. Whew!

My fun task was learning how to use the wet saw - what we use to cut tile. Scott showed me the tricks and I spent the afternoon cutting a zillion pieces of tile into all the many sizes and shapes that Doug and Tom needed. It's pretty messy, but a very cool tool. Certainly kept me busy!

Today's pictures:

Cheryl gets to use her favorite tool: the chop saw

Doug finishing up the wall tile in the bathroom

Joan and Daryl finishing up the tricky painting around the shower stall