An Assist

While Gerald was working on the fireplace, Mario and Robert installed the fire door in the garage.

That done, they went to work on facing the pony walls, which we decided to side with the same wain-edge siding we used on the fireplace.

By the end of the day, they had finished two of three pony walls.

The last task for the day was to take off the stickers on the center dormer windows, both inside and out.

Aside from the challenges of the dizzying height on the inside and the problem of getting out on the roof to get the stickers off the outside, we didn't think this was a job that would be a hard one.

The inside stickers came off easily enough. But the outside was another story. They had been in place for so long that the weather had cemented them in place. The plastic came off in tiny bits and left a coat of glue on the window. It was well after 6 p.m. by the time they were done.

But what a day!