It turns out that he didn't need the saved spot, because, as is the case with any good house project, he had to make 3 trips to Home Depot (or Lowe's... I'm not sure how he rolls), so he never violated the 2 hour limit.
Today, his goal was to unload the equipment and get the wall to the point where it was framed out the approximately 3 inches required to make the tile flush with the wood panel surround, and to have the cement board installed and ready for the tile.
Our first challenge of the day happened when he realized that the wall above the floor panels was all one solid piece! He, Nate, me, and the Hearth & Stove guys when they were here doing their work all assumed that all of the panels just snapped off like the lower 2 did. Not the case.
He was able to remove the crown molding himself, but then called in Nate (the carpenter) to help him disassemble the rest. This turned out to be a good thing, because Nate could see what he would be working with as he fitted the remaining panels around the tile and also how to reassemble it.
By around 11:30, they were finished with that and Jason started building out the wall. (But first he made another trip to the store for plaster anchors, since the central part of the wall under the panels was solid plaster).
He made good work of that but ran out of framing wood around 2:30pm so he called it a day and will return first thing in the morning to finish the framing and start the install!
The whole project should be completed this week, and I'm very excited. It will look awesome!
Here is my album from today of the build out work and the thoughts behind that. I really like both of these guys. They are great and easy going and really flexible when something doesn't go as planned.
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