Do-Over!

When it rains it pours. After two or three days of no help, today we've got two plumbers, two glass installers, and two floor refinishers all in one room, sharing about 20 square feet of space. Good thing they all play nice with each other.

The plumbers are a week late, installing the two sinks and faucets in the 2nd-floor bathroom. The glass guys are installing the shower door... which turned out to be the wrong size. You know the old saying, "measure twice, cut once?" This guy should have measured three times. He made the door an inch too wide, and you can't cut glass after it's been tempered, so he'll have to order another one. Alas, our shower won't be finished until after New Year's.

The floor guys are also here because the gorillas who installed the kitchen appliances scratched up the redwood. There are tell-tale gouges directly in front of the refrigerator and the dishwasher, and they ain't gonna just polish out. So the floor refinishers had to come back and remove the topcoat they put down a month ago, sand out the gouges, and apply a new finish. That's drying as we speak, which means the plumbers and glass installers can't walk on the floor. Or make any dust. It's a tricky exercise in not painting yourself into a corner, but hey--these guys are professionals.

We can't walk in the kitchen for another 24 hours, and the shower has no door. But at least the faucets work. At least, I think they do... I haven't tested them yet, so there's still plenty of time for something to go wrong.