The team is preparing to stucco the outside of the house. Cesar and his group have installed chicken-wire on the outside walls in preparation for the brown coat, the base layer of stucco.
TRIVIA: Chicken wire in Spanish is "alambre de pollo" which literally means chicken wire. Go figure.
The new electrical box is installed and running. We are no longer running off of the old power grid.
The bathroom shower door has been reinstalled and is ready to go.
Any additional rubble from construction is being piled up behind the kitchen and bathroom doors in preparation for the formation of the new deck. This is an ingenious way to kill two birds with one stone, get rid of junk while building a foundation for our new exterior deck.
Cesar and his team are prepping the interior walls for stucco as well. They are patching the seams of the drywall. This is a lot of work!
In order to prepare for the new interior finish, Roger spent the last few days scoring the existing walls and ceiling with a grinder. This will provide a tacky surface for the new stucco to stick to.
The bathroom pocket door has been installed. Now we have a better understanding of how large the opening will be. We love the way the bathroom is coming together.
Every corner in the house will be "bull-nosed". This takes some time. Cesar and his team are installing a piece of tape with a metal curve in it. The tape comes in long strips and is cut to the correct length, then "stuck" to the corner with putty. The finished product will look wonderful.
On the home front, Jack got into another fight. This time his back paw ended up getting bitten. He was hobbling around on a swollen paw for a couple of days so we decided to take him to the vet. The doctor shaved his paw and cleaned up the wounds. After a couple of drowsy days on pain meds, Jack is back to his normal self, hanging out on the patio and eating lots of food. It is tough being an outdoor cat but he wouldn't want it any other way. No worries, the fur will grow back :)
