Porch Renovation 5
**5
On Saturday at 8:15 AM, the mason backed is little mortar mixer into our turn-around and left, saying he’d be back at 10:00. And he did, along with one helper. They’d hoped to get the entire block foundation established that day; however, a second helper didn’t show up and they were still working at 7:00 PM. We turned on the pool flood lights and aimed an indoor spot light out the glass door, but, they didn’t give much light, so the workers left with a promise to be back the next morning. Sunday? Right!
The mason and one helper showed up Sunday morning before Dave and I left for Church. When we returned, they were gone and the foundation was complete.
We’d picked up John and Tyler after church, lunched at the Yellow Mills Restaurant, and brought them home to see the progress. The boys were more impressed with the amount of mud and the Styrofoam cup of coffee one of the workers had left in the bottom of the deep trench.
Around 4:00 PM, the architect phoned to be sure the mason had covered the blocks to allay freezing or rain from getting inside the blocks. They had not covered the blocks the night before, nor this morning. Dave checked for any cracking in the mortar and covered the blocks with a tarp the mason had left. All was well.
Apparently, all was well on Monday and Tuesday, also, as no workers came. The weather was crisp and cool, but sunny and dry with a high of 62-degrees.
Tuesday evening, we went back to Crown Electric in Webster to check out their powder room vanities, sinks, toilets, and lighting. Last week, we’d ordered the tile and wood layment flooring from Rochester Linoleum. The builder only has to call them a week ahead of when he needs the materials and they’ll be delivered.
On Wednesday at 7:25 AM, I heard what turned out to be a compressor. They sprayed a silver coat on the blocks where the mason had spread a layer of mortar. Exploratory holes were made with a hand shovel to pin-point the location of the sewer pipe that exits our home from under the dining room. They anticipate tying into that main pipe . Later, in the afternoon, Peyton and I sat outside enjoying the Indian Summer weather.
On Thursday, the builder stopped in to let me know he’d be using a gun to attach rigid insulation to the cement block foundation. The gun shoots nails into cement.
Late Friday afternoon, the builder phoned to ask if he could bring the plumbers (Tom and Jeremy) in to show them the basement and where the big sewer pipe is. Apparently, they have decided to run the pipe from the new powder room north along the porch and patio, bend around the corner and go east into the basement to attach it with a y-joint. They want to run the water through “black pipe” across the porch pad into the powder room, rather than saw a trrench line for copper piping. The builder is going to check with the Town Building Inspector to be sure that is okay with him.
Inspector John