Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum

As Mel Brooks (well, Colonel Sanders) once said: "Commence Operation... Vacu-Suck" (from Spaceballs).

Leaf blower to remove the rest of the blown insulation, then snow shovel onto tarp, then dump. Pulled more nails. Had three shop-vacs going all day, countless trips to the dumpster to empty them. Used high-pressure air (70 psi worked well on the blow gun) to clean out the tight spaces. Thanks to David, Curt, and Mike for the help today. Upstairs is looking pretty good.

The big news of the day isn't the progress, but that the inevitable finally happened. Holiday weekend, of course... AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE. You'd think I'd be used to it by now... but since we have 2 units, we can usually find relief somewhere in the house - but not today. 88 now in the attic, and equally hot and muggy downstairs. Called two servicers for emergency repair, neither could make it - one will be by tomorrow between 9 and noon. We'll try to hold out until then - if it isn't something simple, then I'll buy a window unit to handle this small room for a few months, and we'll just plan to replace the system in the Fall (or next Spring). Shudder. Hopefully, it was some minor damage due to the dust, and not another evaporator; it was an unusual failure - no compressor function. I couldn't find the fuse inside the unit - I know where it is on the downstairs unit...

Up tomorrow - master shower demo, vacuuming downstairs. Ventilation set-up if we get our hands on a fan big enough. Hopefully A/C repair - have been happy with a mild Spring so far, but don't want to push my luck.