The house doesn't look much different from the outside but the site was a beehive of contractors this week. No snow this week, but the temperatures were in the single digits with a subzero wind chill factor. Brrrrr.
I met with the electrician and the plumber and they have started the rough in process. (My Dad will be please to know that I'm going with a 200 amp service to the house!) This is a key point of coordination in the project because holes have to be drilled for pipes, etc. Sometimes that means some quick thinking about where to frame in a chase or how to avoid drilling through a floor joist. The radon remediation folks are coming tomorrow to install that system.
The masons built two enclosures to protect themselves from the weather and to keep the bricks and mortar warm as they get ready to bring the chimney up through the roof line. They couldn't work at all last week because it was so cold so I'm hoping they can make it back this week.
The carpenters started on re-framing the in law apartment in the basement. I'm going to make the bedroom a bit bigger but I can't change the configuration of the bathroom because it would be way too expensive to change the plumbing. There will also be some adjustments to my framing plan to make way for the new plumbing from the first and second floors... but it should all work out fine. It will be great to have a self-contained apartment for guests.
I talked with a fencing guy about replacing some sad looking privacy fencing so he is going to send me a quote for that. I got a quote on spray in closed cell foam insulation for the house and after talking with Matt have decided it would not be that much more expensive than traditional insulation. Plus it will only take the installer a few days do do the entire house.
It will be a short week next week because of Christmas, but the plan is to get the bridge from the house to the garage started and to continue with the electrical/plumbing rough in and the framing in the apartment.
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