Exterior Trim

John had all hands on deck today applying felt to the south wall and fastening the painted soffit and fascia. They had two very fancy miter saws set up in the bedroom and the table saw in the driveway. Dan measured while Garrett manned the saws, then Johnny helped Dan nail the pieces in place. When this job is done the roofers can come in.


I spent the afternoon taking the rest of the staples out of the linoleum in the entryway. Now, I realize John was probably laughing at me for doing this, because his guys could have just hammered the staples down into the linoleum in about 10 minutes, but he was gracious enough to not let me see him laugh, although I'm pretty sure I heard some snorting in the background while I was working. However, he did lend me a tool that made the task much easier than the wire cutter I was using. It's my favorite new tool of the moment:

http://hand-tools.hardwarestore.com/67-410-nippers.aspx

Speaking of new things, here's my favorite product of the month:

http://www.uline.com/BL_7004/Sweeping-Compounds

Sweeping compound sure keeps down the dust in the attic every time I go through with a broom. Who knew? And by the way, how many more times will I have to clean up the dirt in the attic till there is no more? Right now it appears to be endless!

I asked John if I could borrow his nail gun this weekend to put the spacers on the rafters, and of course he said yes. He has the most generous spirit of anyone I know. But he said that if he were doing it, he would screw the strips on with 1 1/4" coarse-threaded drywall screws. We have two screw guns, one electric and one battery-powered, so we can use ours to get that job done. But he said we should use his table saw to rip the plywood scraps into strips, and we will, with thanks!