This week we finally got started with the real work, and let me tell you, we had one heck of a start. Last week set the precedent for smooth, quick work – despite the gargantuan task –, and it looks like that trend will be continued. Yesterday, I was around for much of the day, poking my head in intermittently, hoping to be of some use and quickly finding that unless I knew how to operate a jackhammer or was an experienced construction man (neither), I would probably just get in the way.
So at around 12, I headed to the house and met Jo to look at the dimensions of sinks so we could have the info ready for the plumber. Apparently, all the pipes have to be laid completely, with the ends aligned with where the faucet heads will be, before the concrete can be poured and the floor put in. She walked down at around 12:30 with her constant companion Duke. Duke met Samson the cat, Samson arched his back and hissed, Duke wandered off to find a cat food snack, Samson followed discreetly on the counter, and Joe and I got a helpful quote from Seattle Restaurant Supply Store.
All this is to say that the sight that greeted me this morning was a shock. The interior walls of the coffeehouse were gone, a new door had been cut into the back, a humongous dumpster had been deposited, the side patio concrete had all been removed, and, at 7:55am, the crew was already hard at work again.
Yes sir, that is one heck of a start.
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