Now, we have heat in every area of this house - old and new. Next week, if good luck prevails, we will have insulation to hold the heat in. The past week has been a real test of the furnace. It has been running 24/7. Thankfully it isn't our electricity bill that has been spiking or the authorities might have thought we have a hydroponic operation going on inside.
It is hard to show the heat in pictures, but you'll just have to take my word for it. In fact, I wake up at night and it seems so hot to what we've had that I feel like I'm in a desert.
This weekend we have had a very talented guy here cleaning up the loose ends before the insulation and drywall. He is reinforcing the walls that will hold the giant folding wall. And, as it turns out, the ceiling in what was the old master bedroom was made 60+ years ago with two by fours and didn't take kindly to the added weight of the new roof - nothing that a new beam can't fix (cha-ching).
The electrical work has past inspection and the plumbing just needs a few quick fixes to comply with the eagle eye of the plumbing inspector.
On Tuesday, we will be rolling out the red carpet for the king of insulators. Some of the pictures show that a few walls have been drywalled. We needed to do this so the insulator can spray the foam insulation on these walls, which will provide a high-level of sound proofing in the rooms that have shared walls with the two new bathrooms.
After insulation, we will expect to have the drywaller - we're expecting him a week after the insulator arrives.
Some of these pictures were taken with a wide-angle so they are a bit distorted - but then again, so are we. (If you hold your mouse over the picture, there is a description of what you are looking at.)
