Things have ramped up. Electrical and gas work finished and passed inspection. Hooray!
Drywall installed in two day. Attic insulation blown in (R60 - we are toasty now). The forecast is for a bit of snow this weekend, but we don't care. Our ears are pleased with the silence of not having the furnace running non-stop.
Next week, the mudders and tapers will arrive to prepare the walls and ceiling for paint. The painter was here yesterday to look over the project and give us a quote. The stucco guy was also here to gather what he needs to quote on doing something with the exterior.
We remain hopeful that a dumpster is delivered soon because the backyard is a mess with all the scrap drywall pieces and other bits of construction material.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Long time, no blog...
...and very little activity to speak of - but now we are on a role.
We had a large setback in February with the original plumber we were using on our project. It turns out he was/is inept. After taking what seemed like forever to get the plumbing installed, his "handy-work" failed the plumbing inspection, TWICE. And he didn't seem to be in any kind of hurry to fix it. Worried that we were likely to have more problems down the road, we fired the plumber and hired a new guy - the veritable "Mike Holmes" of plumbers. The new plumber saw fit to rip out what was installed to start from scratch. Fingers crossed, that the plumbing inspection planned for tomorrow passes.
On other positive notes, over this past week, the electrical and insulation is finished enough to drywall. The drywall is set to be delivered on Wednesday and I should have more to report with pictures next weekend. We expect to have two full weeks of drywall work (including the mudding and taping).
There are a few walls that already have drywall because that was necessary to contain the soundproofing insulation for all the bathroom walls. We expect our place to be extra toasty warm next winter given the spray-foam insulation in all of the new exterior walls.
Stay tuned for more next weekend.
We had a large setback in February with the original plumber we were using on our project. It turns out he was/is inept. After taking what seemed like forever to get the plumbing installed, his "handy-work" failed the plumbing inspection, TWICE. And he didn't seem to be in any kind of hurry to fix it. Worried that we were likely to have more problems down the road, we fired the plumber and hired a new guy - the veritable "Mike Holmes" of plumbers. The new plumber saw fit to rip out what was installed to start from scratch. Fingers crossed, that the plumbing inspection planned for tomorrow passes.
On other positive notes, over this past week, the electrical and insulation is finished enough to drywall. The drywall is set to be delivered on Wednesday and I should have more to report with pictures next weekend. We expect to have two full weeks of drywall work (including the mudding and taping).
There are a few walls that already have drywall because that was necessary to contain the soundproofing insulation for all the bathroom walls. We expect our place to be extra toasty warm next winter given the spray-foam insulation in all of the new exterior walls.
Stay tuned for more next weekend.
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