A change in plans
Renovations during the pandemic have required adjustments from setting up sanitizing stations to workers entering through a second-story window By Carolyn Weber |
February 1, 2021
A renovation of the writer’s 60-year-old split-level ranch house in Silver Spring’s Woodside Park neighborhood was underway when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. To eliminate foot traffic through the living spaces and keep the construction crew and family separated, the project manager built an exterior staircase for the workers. Photo by Carolyn Weber
It’s 8 o’clock on a March morning in 2020 and I’m bracing for the day ahead. The painters and plumber are parked in front of my house, and I just finished a phone call with the project manager to discuss the daily schedule. He is in his truck in the driveway. My husband has been working in the den-turned-home office for two hours already, taking advantage of the early morning quiet. The kids chatter over breakfast before logging