All inspection hurdles have been cleared with the final a-ok given on HVAC, electrical, and plumbing. One more general inspection scheduled for Monday, then I don't think there will be any more inspections until the final walk-through. Insulation was delivered and installation of the insulation has begun. The rest should be squeezed between the studs on Christmas Eve. The only other work that will be done before Christmas will be the front porch. The roof is on the porch and the shingles been nailed down. The porch is really starting to take shape. Because we were uncertain about the decking to be used, they started from the top instead of the bottom, so it looks a little strange.
There has been mostly one guy working on the porch, Grover - who looks like the undercover "hobo" detective, Sergeant Michael (Mick) Belker, from the '80s police drama Hill Street Blues - so it has been a little slow-going...not because he looks like Belker, rather because he is flying solo. I think the porch ended up being a bigger project than our contractor originally planned. Grover told me he has framed a 1,600 square foot house faster than putting on our porch. However, with a little bit of luck we will have a porch for Christmas Day. He is scheduled to come back Christmas Eve and work until the rain and the wind shut him down. Only wish we had our new front door ready to install. Not quite sure where we are with that.
Our architect stopped by late in the afternoon to check out the front porch and discuss what is to be our back door. Due to the architect's junior designer trying to find a way to squeeze a kitchenette into the drawings along the back wall of the basement, he narrowed the size of the back door to 30 inches. That size is not real conducive when it comes to being able to move furniture in and out of it. So, it will take a concrete saw and a half-day of labor to cut into the core-filled concrete wall to extend the opening by six inches. Some recently installed electrical elements will have to be moved as well. Hopefully just a very minor setback.
The in-laws came by Wednesday evening and took a walk-through the addition this evening and seemed impressed by the mess of wood and wires and pipes and rubbish. They are anxious to come back and see the final product. So are we. Six weeks to go...maybe?
There has been mostly one guy working on the porch, Grover - who looks like the undercover "hobo" detective, Sergeant Michael (Mick) Belker, from the '80s police drama Hill Street Blues - so it has been a little slow-going...not because he looks like Belker, rather because he is flying solo. I think the porch ended up being a bigger project than our contractor originally planned. Grover told me he has framed a 1,600 square foot house faster than putting on our porch. However, with a little bit of luck we will have a porch for Christmas Day. He is scheduled to come back Christmas Eve and work until the rain and the wind shut him down. Only wish we had our new front door ready to install. Not quite sure where we are with that.
Our architect stopped by late in the afternoon to check out the front porch and discuss what is to be our back door. Due to the architect's junior designer trying to find a way to squeeze a kitchenette into the drawings along the back wall of the basement, he narrowed the size of the back door to 30 inches. That size is not real conducive when it comes to being able to move furniture in and out of it. So, it will take a concrete saw and a half-day of labor to cut into the core-filled concrete wall to extend the opening by six inches. Some recently installed electrical elements will have to be moved as well. Hopefully just a very minor setback.
The in-laws came by Wednesday evening and took a walk-through the addition this evening and seemed impressed by the mess of wood and wires and pipes and rubbish. They are anxious to come back and see the final product. So are we. Six weeks to go...maybe?
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