Today was a busy day. We started hanging steel on the ceiling in the range. The brick layers finished the brick on the outside and started on the stone. I picked up the rubber for the walls and stall dividers. The dry wall hangers John, and Chris have almost finished in the show room and will move to the garage tomorrow.
Today we had Empire Electric locate the transformer so Brad and Dave Steinert could run our electric service. Melvin Hopke and his crew are getting close to finishing the brick. Ed Campbell with Ed Fraley Stone says the stone is here just in time. John and Chris Schuck and their crew are drywall hanging machines(all 5/8 not easy). Mickey and Larry Bender started taping today. Tomorrow they are working on the range so we can start moving the steel in to hang. Marty Lorance brought us a couple more loads of gravel for the electric ditch and the retainer wall.
Today was a special day for me. I made a trip to Carthage MO to see Larry Glaze , and check the progress on the Sound Of Freedom Eagles Larry is doing for our show room. Larry owns Antler Art Of The Plains, and is a gifted artiest that works in antlers, wood and steel to create one of a kind works of art. I,m not sure I can tell everyone how much it means to me for Larry to do this for us. We are truly blessed.
With the weather turning favorable for construction we are making great progress. The bricklayers are getting along great and will finish the brick and start on the stone soon. the insulation is moving along and will finish this week. Frank with Knight Heating thinks he will finish up the intake ducks in the range tomorrow. The drywall hangers have started, and the finishers will be right behind. We finished the show room floor this weekend-Looks great.
Melvin Hopke is going great guns on laying the brick. Brian Dancey finished the main building soffit and framing the backing for the stone columns. Frank and the boys from Knight Heating have moved to hooking up the blowers in the gun range. We passed our rough-in inspection and the men from Insultec Spray foam have started the insulation. The drywall is coming Tuesday. As my Dad would have said "Back up and let-um bump".
