Today was a busy day. Started the morning with a visit from a guy that has a portable mill saw. Matt has been talking to him about milling down the elm tree into planks that we could use from flooring or paneling the new he house. He brought his saw by to "crack open" one of the logs. He cut a log onsite into about 7 boards. It was one of the neatest things we've seen, and produced the most beautiful wood! We are going to store them for a month or so to start drying to see how good the wood will be. Since there are not many elm trees around anymore, no one has any idea as to how this wood will react. We sure hope it cures well because it will be so cool to incorporate the tree into the new house.
While the saw was still onsite, our demolition contractor showed out to drop off his excavator. I think this will get the neighbors' attention! After a brief scare with almost taking out the overhead telephone and cable lines, he finally got the machine onto our property. Boy is it going to be a show on Monday! This excavator will swallow the house! And the contractor, Barry, is super nice. We feel that our property will be in good hands.
We spent the rest of the afternoon working further on the hardwood floors. Sara and Monty came over to lend a helping hand and were a big help. Monty spent a few hours pulling nails out the flooring and Sara ran her tail off hauling flooring from upstairs down to the truck so that we could drive it to storage. Gus and Sue also made an appearance. Sue couldn't stay long as she was heading to work, but Gus hung out for awhile. He and Matt are dangerous together, always scheming up something.
We also had several visits from neighbors and friends so that day wasn't quite as productive as we had hoped. We took more flooring up but didn't complete the task. Matt and I will be back at it early again tomorrow as our last day to get things before demo.
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