Week 24 moving in

In the past week, the dormer was sheetrocked. Tape and texture is in the process. The plumber and electrician were here today and moved the pressure tank and hot water heater. The electrician also installed the ceiling fans, stove outlet, and pretty much finished up the the electric. We love these ceiling fans! The plumber finally got water connected to the new kitchen and bathroom. We didn't have kitchen plumbing for the past 10 days! The contractor finished installing the kitchen countertops today too. There was a lot of work going on here today!

This Christmas tree is 7.5 ft tall. In my living room at my old house it looked really big. In this living room it looks miniature!

Week 23 counters

The kitchen sink counter was attached to the cabinets.

The other countertops are sitting in place but aren't attached yet.
This 1/2 wall was built by Dave yesterday while I was enjoying a Nutcracker performance in town. You can barely see where the stove is located in the background. That placement was unacceptable to both of us. We intended to have the stove in the island (when we can afford cabinets!) The electrician said they can't put a stove outlet in the floor so Dave built a wall for them to wire the stove in the island area. The plumber is supposed to be here tomorrow and hopefully the electrician will be here Wednesday.

Week 22 more deconstruction

We didn't expect them to take out the kitchen wall until Monday. We planned to empty everything out this weekend. Oh well, they did it for us! Unfortunately, they had to add it to the already crowded old living room!

This is the current state of the living room. Yuck!!!!! See why we needed an addition! Looks like something from one of those "Clean Sweep" type TV shows!

Here is the old kitchen. Under the window was the stove. You can see the water pipes from the sink coming up through the floor.

This is the new view when you come in the kitchen door.

My view from the new kitchen sink location.

Week 22 electic

And God said..."Let there be light," (or in this case, the electrician!) and there was!

And heat!

This shows our two colors, the sheepskin and the green. The wooden structure is a substitute base cabinet to support the countertops.

Week 22 paint

The painter finished primer and has the first coat of paint on the walls.

Isn't this the warmest most beautiful wall color? It's called Sheepskin. We both love it. Good thing it's a warm color...it was 34 below zero this morning!!!!!

This green is on two walls of the kitchen. The rest of the kitchen will be the sheepskin color. Tomorrow he will do the second coat and probably finish up Thursday. The plumber and electrician are scheduled to be here Thursday also. So I guess next week the old kitchen wall will come down! Yeah!

Week 22 paint

Since my 15 totes of Christmas decorations are still in the shed, I had to find some way to decorate! I realized this post needed more protection when the painter came in so I wrapped it in a Christmas style of brown paper!

I arrived home tonight to the smell of saurkraut in the crock pot mixed with the smell of paint...yum yum. Dave was home sick today so he got some shots of Duke in action.

First he sprays a section...

Then he rolls it.

He put primer on all of the ceilings and most of the walls. Then he did the paint coat on all of the ceilings. He'll be back tomorrow to finish (hopefully) the primer areas and put color on the walls. Look for big changes tomorrow!

Deconstruction/reconstruction

More deconstruction....the wall between the old living room and the new living room is now gone! Yeah!!!

Here is a pic from the old living room, looking into the new living room.

This pic is from the other direction, from the new living room to the old living room.

Upstairs they framed the doorways.

Most of the ceilings were textured today also. Looks like they just need to do the bathroom ceiling and the ceiling under the balcony and dormer. Painter will be here next week.

Deconstruction

I have not been a very good blogger lately! :( Sorry!

Last week the tapers worked 3 days doing more and more layers of mud on the tape. When we came home from work on Thursday, the tall window in the current living room was gone and we could walk through! Yeah!

We had for our first meal in the new addition, Thanksgiving dinner!


Today they textured the walls with a "light orange peel" texture, but it wouldn't photograph well.

They also started deconstruction! This is the old living room wall- sheetrock is gone, all that is left is the outside sheeting.

They also broke through upstairs. This pic is from the west bedroom looking into the new dormer/hallway.
Here are the doorways into the upstairs bedrooms from the dormer. What a mess! I guess I don't have to clean for awhile though! It will probably get worse before it gets better!

Week 20 tape

The tapers were here before I left for work this morning. Today they did corners, inside corners and outside corners. They also did a second coat of mud on the seams. We will be able to use the space on Thanksgiving. The builder is going to take out a section of the wall between the current house and the addition, and clean up the addition area (wish he would clean up the rest of house too!) so we can put up tables and chairs for the holiday. Sounds like the tapers will be back again on Friday and maybe Saturday too. I hope we can get into the space soon enough to decorate for Christmas!

Week 19 tape

A large heater was brought in early this week to warm the rooms to do the tape and texture. I guess they need it to be a certain temp to apply the mud. Thursday and Friday they taped the seams and started the corners. It's really starting to look like a house! Sure hope we can at least set up a table in there for Thanksgiving dinner!

Week 19 locks

This is the most noticeable work they did today...installed deadbolts on all the doors.

This is looking toward the kitchen from the living room. The raised level is the backside of the sink cabinets, and will be a breakfast bar at the counter and a railing around on the living room side.Dave is still having problems with spots on the pics. The living room looks bigger with the sheetrock up!
This is the original house wall from the new kitchen. We can't wait for it to be removed! That tall window will probably come out next week so we can set up tables in the new area for Thanksgiving dinner. Otherwise we'll all have to sit on each others laps!

Week 19 sheetrock

They were at it again this morning before 9am and worked until about 7pm. They did everything except where the original house wall gets removed and a couple places that need carpenter attention before they can finish.

Week 18 sheetrock

The sheetrockers are animals! They were here before 7am and didn't leave until 9:30pm! We spent pretty much the whole day watching them. They didn't "walk" anywhere, even running with 12 ft. sheets of sheetrock! They didn't slow down all day! I guess that is to be expected from a couple of guys in their mid 20's. It was amazing watching how fast it all went up.
They started with the area under the balcony and the basement stairwell from the living room.

They moved on to complete the living room ceiling and some of the walls. The way they got into positions to reach the high ceilings was scary!

After which they did the attic storage room above the bathroom. (I thought Dave had water spots on his camera, but after cleaning the lens we figured the spots were from the flash reflecting off all the dust particles in the air.)
They finished the balcony area.
Then they started the kitchen. They have 1/2 of the ceiling done, the dormer front, the breakfast bar area, and inside the bathroom done. Tomorrow they will be back, hopefully to finish. They have walls in the living room and kitchen, and 1/2 the kitchen ceiling to do.

Week 18 sheetrock

Nothing has happened the last few days but today they delivered sheetrock- lots of it!!! There are piles in the living room, kitchen, balcony, and dormer! Yeah!!!

Week 18 soffits, insulation

They did a lot in the last 4 days. Soffits are complete all around the outside, except a small section by the east living door.

We have our French doors, upstairs...

...and downstairs.

Insulation was completed today, and most of the vapor barrier is up. The builder said they may begin sheetrock tomorrow!
The bathroom window that was partially covered by the shower is moved and the window on the balcony is installed.