Week ending 6/25/10

Again, sadly, nothing to report. We were at a birthday party Saturday afternoon and went to C's parents Sunday for a relaxing father's day.

Hours on windows and woodwork to date: 387.75

Week ending 6/18/10

No work to report this week - I went to San Diego for a training for my business for a few days and got back Saturday night. I was wiped out on Sunday and Monday and spent the rest of the week catching up.

Hours to date on windows and woodwork: 387.75

Week ending 6/11/10

On Sunday we each did 2.5 hours for a total of 5 person hours on the woodwork sanding. We made some progress and we probably have under 10 hours to go on sanding this coat.

After the sanding, we have a few hours of prework (putty, cleaning, etc) and then one small coat with about 4 hours of sanding and then WE CAN PAINT! And then FLOORING! It's within reach! There will still be lots of buffing to do but that's low priority and can wait.

Hours on windows and woodwork to date: 387.75

We have about 9 hours remaining on sanding this coat as follows:

bath door: 1 hour to finish
office window: 1 hour
bedroom door 3 hours
den door: 3 hours
kitchen window: 1 hour

We can probably be done sanding this coat in two weeks - if we both do a 2.5 hour work session next week and 2.5 hour session the following weekend, that's 10 hours and this coat is done being sanded! I don't know if we'll be able to stick to that though - it's been a really busy few weeks for me work-wise and I was in San Deigo yesterday (Thursday), today and will return home Saturday night.

Week ending 6/4/10

On Monday, we did 2 hours of sanding each (4 man-hours total) and got some house stuff done. It sure wasn't fun, but it did feel good to get things done. I estimate about 14 hours to go on sanding this coat as follows:

4 foot sliding windows: 4 (3 frames at 1 hour each, 1 sash at half hour, half hour extra)
office door: 1 hour to go
3 interior doors: 3 hours each for a total of 9 hours

The good news is this is under where I expected to be and that's always a pleasant and rare surprise with home improvement projects.

Hours on windows and woodwork to date: 382.75