McHugh/Gant Hangar House

Day 451 - Railing #1

Tuesday, August 29 -- John, Kelli, and Richard worked on respective projects -- tile, cleanup, plumbing -- this morning waiting for the Mountain Gate crew to arrive with the front and interior stair railings.

Mountain Gate arrived at about 11:30 after a 4 1/2 hr drive. The railing looks very nice. The mahogany balusters, rail cap, and hand rails will be installed by "wood" John tomorrow. Today was a long day. We all left the site at 8:15 p.m. ...

The crew took the curved part of the front stairs back to the shop with them. There was too much welding and painting work to do, not enough light, and too much chance to make mistakes due to being tired.

Cyrus, Brian, Mikie, and crew will be back on Tuesday.

Richard installed the spa tub faucets (picture below of our first tub fill), installed more sink faucets, garbage disposals (we still need 90 degree plugs for these), worked on the hangar sump pump (no luck, and the pipe is not plugged), hooked up the propane to the range and wok, added three access panels under the island sink (we can now get to the GFI, valves, and outlets without having to drop the garbage disposal) and a bunch of other tasks. Richard will not be back until the end of next week - maybe...

Some "maybe" good news -- Kelli told Ken about the leak under the garage slab. Ken suggested to Richard that Richard fish Pex water pipe through the copper pipe. Richard wasn't sure that this would be possible, but Ken went and got the Pex anyway. Richard tried and got the Pex all the way through, after some problem with a smashed area. Richard is going to pressure test the Pex next time onsite.

John helped out everyone during the day and found moments to work on the soapstone tile. We are one edge piece short of completing the project. But, John will grout the three counter areas tomorrow and we will add the last piece later.

Here is John "customizing" the gutter so that the front railing could be installed...

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