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WEDNESDAY 07 & THURSDAY 08 August 2024 — Cleaning, cruising, dental, electrical, & flooring/CAD
Wednesday 07 … Cleaning continues and some CAD work for the floors
As usual, we started the day with coffee and breakfast. Around 9:30 AM I started calling the short list of floor refinishing companies Linda had compiled. The father of the father-son team scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, the medium firm for Friday morning, and the larger firm for next week on Wednesday morning. And just like that, our floor refinishing project was moving in the direction of becoming a reality yet this year.
Linda continued her deep-cleaning and reorganization of the kitchen and I worked on the CAD layout of the hardwood floors, which occupied the rest of my day. After dinner we watched the NBC recap of the Paris 2024 summer Olympics.
Thursday 08 … A crowning achievement, cruise finances, and a first look at refinishing hardwood floors
I had an 11 AM dentist appointment to get my new (replacement) crown. I left around 9:45 AM for the estimated 1-hour drive. The drive to the clinic was no worse than I expected, and I arrived a bit early. The appointment lasted about an hour. I decided to stay off the highways on the drive home; it took longer, but at least I was moving most of the time. I do not like sitting in stopped highway traffic.
Our final/full payment was due today for our December 2025 Virgin Voyages cruise to the Windward Islands in the southern Caribbean. Linda also checked to see if we could start booking shore excursions. We could, so it was time to look at what was on offer, make decisions, and then make reservations. Soon, but not today.
I turned my attention to the new electrical circuit for the new heat-pump dryer. I spent some time studying the situation and decided to surface mount a PVC electrical box behind the dryer location and use a piece of PVC electrical conduit to get the new wire from the ceiling to the box, where I would install a 20A duplex GFCI receptacle. Linda helped me use a 100’ tape measure to get an idea of how many feet of wire I needed. It turned out to be more than 50 feet, and since most of it would be run through holes in the joists for the main floor of the house, I would need Romex (non-metallic sheathed multi-conductor cable) rather than the individual insulated conductors I had run through conduit in the barn.
Michael, from Heritage Hardwood Floors (Howell), called to confirm his appointment, and showed up around 2:30 PM. He was on site for about 75 minutes and took the time to understand what we were looking to have done, discussed the details with us at length, and explained how he would approach the job. He was obviously very experienced and knowledgeable, and we were confident he could do the job. The last time we had floors refinished (at our previous house) we used a father-son team, and they did fabulous work, so we were comfortable with this business model.
Michael’s visit had raised questions, but after he left I returned to working on the new electrical circuit. Dinner was followed by watching the Olympics recap on NBC.
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