Sheetrock

Well, this morning we woke up to knocking on the door at 7:19 because the Sheetrock Installers have arrived. Now of course last night we got home rather late because we went to my ten year high school reunion. We even boarded the dog so we could sleep - yeah apparently sleeping is way over rated. It sounds like there is an army of people banging and sawing away up there. Several times I have wondered if someone or something is going to come through the ceiling. Jon said he thought there were like 10 of them! Yay we will have real walls by the end of the day - but this is one of those construction sucks moments. :)

Back of the House - Before and After

Since the back of the house is fully sided I thought it might be fun to share the before and after pictures. What a difference!!

Chimney and Siding

This week they began convering the house with this foam like insulation something or other. Can you tell I know so much about the process?! They also began siding the house - the back is completed. The side by our driveway is almost completed. There are just a few edges around the windows to complete. It is beginning to really look like a house! The good news is we are very pleased with the color that we chose. And we will be different than all the other houses surrounding us - since most of them are white.

They also built this crazy contraption to get up to the chimney. Hopefully they asked our neighbor if it was ok - since the contraption is half on her property. But they raised the chimney yesterday too! Woohoo! We're not really sure what happened with the damper (that we had just replaced last year) since the chain is no longer hanging in the fireplace. Jon just wants to know when we can use it again - but it will probably be a little while for that.

Insulation

As of 9:30am we have insulation upstairs!! Yay!! The guy was here yesterday and came back this morning (on a Saturday!) to finish up. Now we just have to wait for inspection on that - then we might get some walls! We walked upstairs and it's amazing how much warmer insulation makes it. We never had insulation upstairs before - and this is some good, thick stuff! They even have insulation in the ceiling - didn't know they did that - but it makes sense. It's definitely warmer in the house now since all the holes are covered up! Woohoo!!

HVAC, Windows and Inspections

So the HVAC guys were here Monday and Tuesday and worked until 6:30 one night and 7:30 another night to be done in time for inspections! Good guys - very interesting people - funny too. The good news is we have heat upstairs! Yay! Can't wait to have insulation and walls too!

Today I came home and the new windows downstairs were installed! Woohoo! They are so clean, its amazing. I can flip them open to clean them - so I might actually try cleaning the windows some day now. Putting my hands near them I don't feel cold air coming in - craziness!

We also had a bunch of inspections from the town today and apparently we passed them all!! On to siding and insulation next week. :)

Electric and Plumbing

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated you all on the progress of our wonderful home. Not a whole lot that can be seen is going on recently. I've met Eddy the electrician and he has wired the whole house for smoke detectors, and put in A LOT of outlets and switches. Fun stuff! The plumbers have been here all week and some of last week obviously working on getting us water to our future bathroom. I've met Tommy the plumber, who seems very friendly and was here at the house today before Nittany and I got home from our morning walk. I think they might do the heating stuff to - but I'm not sure. The van parked in the driveway says they do both - so we'll see. The first week was very exciting to see the framing - now isn't so exciting - but it's all extremely important stuff! And some more plumbers just joined them!! Should be an exciting day off with Nittany barking at them all day!! Can't wait! :)