We went to visit the house today and saw that they started to put up the drywall. Jill had been to the house earlier in the day and talked to one of the drywallers. He told her, "Nice house. Really straight. Really REALLY straight."
Apparently one of the inspectors hadn't seen something with the HVAC system before they started drywalling so they had to take down some of it so he could inspect the insulation around the ducts.
They got most of the upstairs done and the stairs down to the basement.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Pink Walls?
They have begun insulating the walls of the house. They have blown in insulation in the outside walls and have put trafitional fiber glass insulation in the inside walls between rooms.
The drywall has been delivered and distributed to each room and they will begin drywalling next week.
The drywall has been delivered and distributed to each room and they will begin drywalling next week.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
That's Hot
Now that the snow has melted and the ground has dried out around the house, I took the opportunity to walk around the outside of the house and take pictures of some things that we haven't had access to.
Jill went out to the house on Wednesday and ran into Tom (of Thomas David) and his kids. They were cleaning up the inside of the house. He said, "It always looks better when it's clean." I like that Both Tom and Dave think about things like this.
The inspections are done, finally, the soffit above the kitchen "batwing" is framed in as is the alcove in the hallway to the Master Bedroom. They've also ran the drain for the floor of the garage.
Everything is now ready for insulation and drywalling to begin.
Jill went out to the house on Wednesday and ran into Tom (of Thomas David) and his kids. They were cleaning up the inside of the house. He said, "It always looks better when it's clean." I like that Both Tom and Dave think about things like this.
The inspections are done, finally, the soffit above the kitchen "batwing" is framed in as is the alcove in the hallway to the Master Bedroom. They've also ran the drain for the floor of the garage.
Everything is now ready for insulation and drywalling to begin.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Water Main
I posted some more pictures to the web site. We now have our main water line run into the house and stairs down into the basement. When we went down there this past weekend I was kind of alarmed to see water on the floor. It wasn't until I saw the water main that I calmed down again. Jill had mentioned that she had seen some machines moving some dirt around in the front yard earlier in the day so I went out and looked and saw that it was the trench for the water main. Which made sense once I stopped to think about it.
There are a few more things that need to be framed and inspected and then the insulation and drywall can begin.
There are a few more things that need to be framed and inspected and then the insulation and drywall can begin.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Cabinet Door Sample
Here's a sample of our Kitchen Cabinet Doors. Aren't they pretty? This color and style will be used for our Kitchen Cabinets, and the cabinets in the Master Bath, Laundry Room and Upstairs Bathroom. The difference between them will be that the cabinets in the Kitchen will have a black highlight on it and the rest of the house won't.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Basement and Inspection
First of all, we actually have a basement floor. We have been waiting and waiting for the ground in the basement to dry out. They have had heaters running down there for what seems like forever. When they began pouring the foundation you may remember that the weather was really cold. All that frost that was on the ground thawed and turned the ground into mud. They sealed the basement up, put some big propane heaters in there and let them run, and run, and run.
We went out there today and saw that there were big ruts in the lot next to ours leading up to our basement daylight window. We peered in through the hole where the basement steps will eventually go and saw that the floor was not only poured but had already solidified. It has a beautiful smooth finish.
Along with that, we saw that the inspector had been there. There were stickers on a few of the beams certifying that both plumbing and electrical had been inspected. Now that is finished, the next phase will be to insulate and drywall. After that will be the hardwood flooring and cabinets.
Simultaneously, they will begin on the outside of the house, installing the siding and the stone.
Also, it looks like the roof is complete. All the shingles have been installed.
This next phase is supposed to take about 2 months to finish. That will put us at the end of April. Then the finish work begins which is about 1 month. That phase will be to install the plumbing and electrical fixtures, painting the walls and laying the carpet.
We went out there today and saw that there were big ruts in the lot next to ours leading up to our basement daylight window. We peered in through the hole where the basement steps will eventually go and saw that the floor was not only poured but had already solidified. It has a beautiful smooth finish.
Along with that, we saw that the inspector had been there. There were stickers on a few of the beams certifying that both plumbing and electrical had been inspected. Now that is finished, the next phase will be to insulate and drywall. After that will be the hardwood flooring and cabinets.
Simultaneously, they will begin on the outside of the house, installing the siding and the stone.
Also, it looks like the roof is complete. All the shingles have been installed.
This next phase is supposed to take about 2 months to finish. That will put us at the end of April. Then the finish work begins which is about 1 month. That phase will be to install the plumbing and electrical fixtures, painting the walls and laying the carpet.
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