Saturday, February 10, 2007

All systems go

Since jackhammering open the wall for the heating ducts, things have been running quite smoothly with the reno. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, rabbit foot in pocket, and salt over right shoulder (or is it the left).

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.)

In the den looking toward the wall with the door to the middle hall. Wall with pink insulation is temporary and will be removed at the end of the project. North wall of the den taken from the doorway. Wall with pink insulation is temporary and will be removed at the end of the project West wall of the den. This wall will hold the LCD TV, which will have built-in units for books and DVD player, etc. Notice the missing ceiling rafters? This will soon be the wall behind the tub. Stay tuned for an interesting design and tiles.

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