Monday, July 6, 2009

Finally complete!

The duplex is done! We finally finished all that work – and by “we,” I mean “Whit.”

That duplex was a monster – it’s only 2-bedroom, 1-bath, but it seemed to need everything! For the entire month of June (and the last part of May) he worked straight through his lunch hours and clear until 10 o’clock every night. He watched no TV the whole month. He always eats fast, but he ate particularly fast so he could hurry over and keep working.

Here is his list:
Rebuilt the hallway floor because it was soggy wood. Then he tiled it.
New back door. Paint it.
New tracks for both bedroom closets and hall closets.
New light fixture in Master
Repaint entire place. Patch holes (many, many holes to patch. The guy who lived there before punched holes everywhere, plus they had posters covering every square inch!)
Paint kitchen cupboards
Re-do all baseboards
new stove
New kitchen sink plumbing stuff (he worked upside down for hours!)
New plumbing for toilet, bathroom sink
New bathroom fixtures
New flooring throughout – bathroom and hall were tiled, carpets in bedrooms and front room were pulled and hardwood underneath was refinished.

Geez. That doesn’t quite seem like a very long list…I’m sure I forgot something. He worked so hard. I am so lucky to have such a hard-worker! Let us know how you like it!

He did awesome and escaped injury...almost entirely! The very last day, in the very last hours, he cut his left thumb with a razor blade and his right thumb on a light fixture. They're both really, really bad! Poor Whit!

2 comments:

  1. The place looks great!

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  2. Wow Whit you did a fantastic job!! What a mess and you made it look great!

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