Since I last posted, I have passed the rough-in plumbing, gas, electric, HVAC and insulation inspections!! Woohooooo! Drywall should be starting Monday (should have started last Wednesday 11/16, but my guy dropped the ball on getting it stocked in the house... but it's all good!) There have been tons of little, mundane things that I've been doing to keep the process going. So here are some pics...
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| had to take the temporary post down from when we restructured the front wall of the house. Yep... I'm about 20 ft in the air :) |
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| also had to remove a beam that the previous owner had put up. It had a metal plate in it that he was going to use hoist up materials... ha ha ha! He was not a good engineer. |
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| had to fix some insulation upstairs that the insulation guys weren't going to install because it was already there |
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| plumbing is all finished! this is the outside cleanout and line to the septic. |
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| so while the insulation guys were going on the inside, Patrick and I were putting the extra insulation that I took out of the ceiling in the floor (under the house) |
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| my attempt to take our pic under the house. |
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| after dropping the leftover insulation out the back door, this is what's left |
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| insulation on the ground, now to drag it under the house. |
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| just a little insulation :-) and I had to go get more (see truck pic) |
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| the insulation crew. they did a good job. |
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| baffles installed |
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| front is almost done... ready for it! |
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| this is what we do at my house when three doe run by! |
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| small details before drywall... left over from where we resized the door. |
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| finishing up the taping of the front wall... duct tape will cover anything! |
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| vacuuming the upstairs knee wall |
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| all clean with new insulation :) |
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| my student Matt finally got to come work for the day... he's been student teaching this semester! |
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| Cole got a hair cut since the last pics. Cutting siding here. |
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| hole has been covered. |
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| Patrick dropped a board and decided he would drop down and get it... the hard part was coming back up the same way. It's about a 10 foot drop. |
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| but after a workout, he made it up in one piece. |
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| bye-bye hole in the floor! |
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| funny story, that would take too long to tell here, but in the middle of working the power went out. The GFI breaker started smoking!!! but Duke came out and it was fine... a little water got in the box. |
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| siding is almost finished! |
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| need a new tire on the wheelbarrow! |
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| yes, the front wall looks like a Christmas present :) |
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| finished hole through the outside for the bathroom vent |
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| drilling through the floor so the bathroom vents can get outside |
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| sealing with foam after it got through the floor |
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| Patrick learning how to tape a window! |
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| HVAC was able to put my drain pipes through the wall instead of out the wall to drip on my siding... LOVE this! |
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| foaming all cracks in front wall |
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| so I moved the laundry chute to a different spot so that it went into the laundry room... smart, huh?! |
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| looking into the laundry room |
