Project Big Tub Is Done

Jon, Christie, and Will did an outstanding job sanding and staining the floors. I could not be happier with their collective attention to detail. But…

Seriously, I am happy, and would call them again tomorrow. Our agreement, which is somewhat standard in the trade, had been for them to sand, stain, and apply two coats of polyurethane. They did exactly what we agreed upon. But with only two coats of poly, the general appearance of the repaired area by Big Door ended up not matching the existing floor with its now four coats of poly. No fault by Jon, so I knew that, with his schedule, it would be tough getting him back to do anything about it.

Remember the tools pictured in Day 154? Two tools of this trade that were not pictured are a polyurethane brush & roller, and I have a lot of experience with those tools. After scuff-sanding with a random-orbit sander, a third coat of poly was applied, and the area barricaded off with tape & folding chairs.

After later discovering evidence that at least one of the Boyz does not have flat feet, the area was once again sanded & polyed. Substituting razor wire for the masking tape , this effort cured with no “remembrances”, and now matched the finish of the original floor.

That’s Big Door on the right:

Hallway:

The old master bedroom:

This bedroom is considered to be my room, and great things are slated to go in it --- once I build the cabinets to put the stuff in. Right now, all my books are stacked behind door number 2 and my Superman collection is still out in the shop.

I did manage to get part of my clock collection hung on the wall by the new window though:

The master plan for the laundry room includes doors for the wall cabinet & sink front. But since laundry rooms are not typically part of a house tour, door construction has dropped pretty low on the priorities list.

While I was occupied with my details, Kim was busy with hers:

Perhaps one day I will purchase an expensive camera with a lens that can capture an entire room in one shot. But until then, here’s part of the new master bedroom:

Big Tub’s exterior could use a few plants & shrubs, but that was always slated to be next year’s effort. With the fence back up, we can now think about getting that puppy Daniel has wanted for some time:

Kim and I consider the Big Tub Project essentially complete. Granted the construction was peppered with surprises, but I do not think we had an unusual time with the effort. Many different tradesmen contributed to the construction, and I personally thanked everyone whose end product met my standards. To the builder’s credit, I thanked a lot of people.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have enjoyed the tale of Big Tub. Don’t expect a docudrama on another project anytime soon – We’re tired!

The end?