More doors and dirt and moving on

On Monday, Len dumped a few final loads of topsoil on the back hill and then parked the backhoe for now.  The poor thing has developed  another transmission leak and we are out of fluid.  It will be a big job to level the dirt so it is ok that he has stopped for now.

Lovely topsoil 

You know the door to nowhere?  Well in consultation with the building inspector, Len decided he would move it to the garage side so that it cut out the need for a fire door at the bottom of the stairs to our living area above the garage.  Sounds like a quick thing, but it was a lot of work tearing out all the lumber supporting the present door and replacing it.

Got to make a mess first

The door to nowhere now leads to the garage.

The rest of the day was spent putting in backing for drywall in the basement.  Not picture-worthy.  Just imagine Len up a ladder with pieces of 2X4 and a hammer.  Now imagine it over and over and over. After work, Cath took up staining and putting urethane on the nice wooden doors.  Will take pictures tomorrow.  One last door to do - the man door for the shop and then we will start stringing wire.  Haven't heard from Hydro about when they are coming to move over to our pole and electrical panel, but should be soon.  Living with just one extension cord off a 15 amp breaker is a bit of a challenge.  See you tomorrow,
Cath