Along with building, we are also moving things, little by little, from the house in Provo, to the cabin in Bryce Canyon... This weekend, it was the headboard from our spare room. Jim said he was sick of his pillows, (and let me re-iterate, there are now 6 pillows on the bed)... falling behind the bed... So, hopefully, the headboard stops that issue. I think the headboard looks so pretty in this room.
And, we also got a headboard for the queen sized bed up in the loft.... little things like this, make the cabin feel a little more homey... The headboard is pretty plain, but I like it...
The main floor shower that was "yellow boarded" last week, was covered in red guard this week... I don't know much about this, but Jim says that this stuff makes sure that water doesn't leak through the seams... There's a mesh stuff underneath the red stuff, and then the process is repeated... But, you don't repeat and wash.... (ok, that was like a dad joke there... lame...) but, there are several layers of the red guard and the mesh... and again, you let it dry... It doesn't look too pretty, but it's going to be all covered with the tile, so, we're good.
The inspection from Kane County is tomorrow (Monday), so, I'll have to let you know how it goes in the next blog.. Apparently, we fill the bottom of the shower with water, and then let it sit for a while and the inspector hangs around to see if it leaks out... If the water level remains up the whole time, we pass.. if not, we start again...
UPDATE! Needless to say, the inspection on the shower failed.... Jim put less than the required amount of water into the bottom of the shower, and within 2 minutes, it ran out onto the floor, into the bedroom, into the kitchen and flooded out the bathtub in the basement... sigh... "Into every life a little rain must fall..." Jim called the contractor and he's waiting for the guy to call him back...
Update: The contractor is coming back to fix the problem with the shower on Saturday... Jim also talked to Kane County inspection department... Jim was going to make an appointment for them to come back, but they suggested we get the problem fixed, fill it with water, and if it doesn't leak, to call them and make the appointment. The inspector also said that a whole lot of these showers fail inspection - so, I guess we're not alone. We don't know where it is leaking from, but, from the pictures, you can tell, it really is!
And, I found out today, that the construction industry is not making green board for bathrooms any longer.. it's all being transitioned over to yellow board... Apparently, they have a better alternative to green board... Still, it's all gyprock in my brain...
Jim has been working like crazy to get the area for the Jacuzzi dug out and ready for delivery. This next weekend, we are planning on putting in the retaining walls around "Galt's Gulch" - that's the space right next to the cabin. It's going to be a huge and difficult job... But, the retaining wall has to go in before we can put in the bricks that we have been collecting for years.
This is where the jacuzzi is going to go... Jim had to take out one more tree this weekend, but it was in really bad shape - half of it was dead, so he did not transplant it... But, the tree that we transplanted last week, seems to be doing well.
Below, is where the retaining wall is going and the bricks..
And, on Friday night we went to the store to pick up the tile for the failed bathroom, and Jim had some plumbing questions for the guy working there.... As I was hanging around, I saw these Allen & Roth faucets... there were 5 of them on an endcap but there were no prices on any of them... So, we took it to customer service, and we were told that they were discontinued, and they gave us 30% off the price... We were stoked. This is going into the downstairs kitchen... We have a couple of other Allen & Roth pieces in the cabin - primarily cabinets for bathrooms... they're really pretty...
And, in my travels over the weekend, I found this clock... something about it appealed to me..I didn't know how Jim was going to feel about it.. But, when he got home on Monday night, I showed him, and he really likes it. I am thinking that I am going to put this into the mainfloor bathroom... I really have this issue with always knowing what time it is... and, this will add to the collection.
And, I bought a walking stick for this cutie face.. I believe it was hand made, and I like the eagle on the top of it the most. Jim agreed with me - it's his kind of item... If you didn't notice, Jim is smiling in this picture... or, at least, as he says, he's smiling on the inside... Giggle.. (this guy truly and totally makes me smile... and, after all these year, I still love him something stupid...)
Jim is a little depressed over the shower situation, but the adventure continues and we're moving forward. We'll get it fixed.
Jim and Cheri
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