Week 28: Flooring

 
 
 
 

I was out of town most of the week but a friend of mine stopped by the house to take pictures for me. This week work was started on the master bath shower, the new ceiling fan is in place, and a bunch of lighting fixtures were installed. The big effort was on the hardwood flooring in the downstairs and upstairs. I can't wait to see it all in person!

Week 27: Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again

 
 
 
 

The house is at the stage where a lot is going on but it feels like nothing is getting done! The weather was great this week so the guys were outside working on the siding most of the week. They also got my range vent installed.

The plumbers finished putting in all of the radiators and started on the plumbing. The electrician has shown up a couple of times and is plugging away at electrical outlets, lights, smoke detectors, etc.

I finished all of the painting on the first two floors except where there is staging under the big front dormer. I bought a ceiling fan this week so once that is installed, and the trim around the front dormer window is completed, then the staging will come down and we can finish the painting. In the meantime, I've moved painting operations to the apartment.

We found one "gottcha" this week. The light switch box at the base of the stairs is right where the handrail needs to go. So it has to be moved. I'm hoping it won't be a big deal, but we'll see!

The weather is supposed to be ugly early next week so the guys will come inside and start flooring.

Week 26: Six Months!

 
 
 
 

The house project is officially six months old now and there is a faint light at the end of the tunnel. It was a good weather week so there was good progress on the exterior siding. My propane tank was delivered and is in place but not yet hooked up to the stove.

On the interior, I finished painting a number of rooms and the plumbers installed the radiators in those rooms. The rest of the flooring materials arrive on Friday so if the weather isn't good for exterior siding next week then the guys can start putting tile down in the entry way or the laundry room.

This week the plan is to get the painting finished on the first and second floors. The electrician should be back to start putting in the outlets and light switches. I'm hoping that the plumbers can install the rest of the radiators and get the new water heater hooked up.

Week 25: Kitchen, Painting, Siding

 
 
 
 

The front of the house still hasn't changed much but the new shipment of exterior siding arrived late in the week and the back of the house is pretty much done. The contractors finished all of the mudding/taping/sanding/priming of the dry wall this week. They did a nice job and were very efficient. It is not easy work.

The weather earlier in the week was terrible, so the guys did a lot of interior painting and installed the kitchen cabinets (which are beautiful!). The appliances arrived on Thursday and I like them alot. They fit just as they were supposed to. The kitchen designer came and took the measurements for the counter top so that should be delivered in another week or so. After shopping around quite a bit I came to a deal with Marden's for hardwood flooring and that will be delivered next week along with a bunch of flooring tile from Home Depot.

I've been putting in my "sweat equity" by painting after work and on the weekends. The rooms are pretty small so it doesn't take that much time. If I can get all the painting done on the first and second floors it means that the guys can start putting in the flooring when the weather isn't good for the exterior siding work. The only hang up at the moment is that I want to put up the ceiling fan in the stairway before they take down the staging and the painting in the stairway can't be finished until the staging comes down. Not a big deal though..there is still a ton of stuff to do for now.

Things are really starting to come together!