Day 18: The Pie Day.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.  This is probably for first time in a while that we've had two posts to string together back-to-back, which can only mean that there isn't as much work at the school as before.  That being said, today was a pretty interesting day.

The first thing that I did when I got to the site this morning was nail in joist hangers and install splash boards in the basement.  Splash boards are basically 2x4s which extend the window frames and areas that the roof will sit on down through the floor and onto the foundation.  That way, when the added weight and stress of the roof is placed on those areas, it's the concrete holding it up instead of plywood and our greatest wishes.

What is important to note, however, is that simple sounding job took forever due to the fact that the floor joists and plywood are already installed.  That means that all of this work must take place in a space of sixteen inches (between joists) and the ninety degree angle of the floor and the outer joists of the house.  Not fun.  Not fun at all.

What was fun, though, was the rather unexpected visitor we had in the morning.  Armed with coffee, paper plates, and a GIANT PIE, the older lady who none of us knew (save Jeff) came down to the house and served us each a massive piece of coconut cream pie.  She insisted that we all have a large piece, regardless of the fact that neither Jeff nor Mike like coconut.  When she left, we still had half a pie, and no idea what to do with it.  We even tried to pass it off on the port-a-potty man, but he didn't want it either.

Now we're spoiled.  Freezies ain't gonna cut it anymore.

While I nailed nails in the basement, everyone else installed fire-proof drywall in the garage.  The drywall is really cool because it's covered in a layer of fiberglass, which gives it a distinctive look. By distinctive, of course, I mean that you can probably see it from space.

I was thinking that colour for the living room too...

On our breaks today, we had Linzi's grandfather and uncle Wayne visit us as well.  They've been coming most days just to check in on things and give the old guy something to do.

Linzi brought her hardhat from home.

Finally, to top the day off, a whole bunch of insulation foam was tacked along the outside of the house where the siding will eventually end up.  Again, it's got some pretty wild backing on it, which looks kind of like you're going stainless steel everything.  It does mean, however, that the houses are getting closed off and look more like real places.  As Linzi keeps saying, now it's getting real.

If it looks like a house, and sounds like a house...

Later days.

Alex and Linzi