Today was a day off for most of the crew as it is a national holiday. Hailey came in however. She is down to part time as of last week as she returns to university tomorrow. She continued adding the glazes to the porch trees and made good progress. Only two beams remain to recieve their second to darkest glaze. The trees darken with each glaze and get ever richer in color and detail. Bec masked off the east side of the front of the house and applied the speckles to the rock work. The grout lines is all that remains of the paint work on that half.

The crew from ELEMENT Spray Foam also worked today. They were eager to get started on the spray insulation on this high visibility project. It will take them a couple of weeks to spray all of the ceiling foam in the house. They started at the back of the house in the outside lawn mower room. They sprayed in two inches of foam in with each pass, allowing the layer to offgas before laying in the next thickness. Two inches of foam is enough to act as a vapour barrier by code. Six inches of foam will give us an insulation value of R40 - more than enough to keep us snuck and warm through the coolest winter days. R28 is all that is required by code.

Ryan and Colin got a start on the spray foam in the master bedroom before quitting time. They'll be back tomorrow to continue their work. Tomorrow my help will be limited to Matthew, the only full time help left. We have plenty to keep us busy in spite of having to stay out of the house while the spray foam is being applied. Stay tuned...

-grampa dan