Drywall and Mud

This is shaping up to be another big week around the house.

Yesterday, we had a whole buttload of rain in the area, so the site was pretty muddy. Since it's clay, you can just about imagine how much fun the contractors had getting in and out of the site.

As of today, the garage is drywalled and mudded, all of the ceilings on the main floor are drywalled, and two of the bedrooms have partially hung walls.

Today, J ran some 4" PVC that will tie in the downspouts to the footing drains, and formed and compacted where the driveway will go.

Katie and I need to make up our mind how the sidewalk is going to look, and also the size and shape of the back patio. The flatwork guys are coming on Thursday, so by the end of the week, we'll have a driveway, and possibly sidewalks and a patio.

Hopefully, our exterior doors also come this week, since we had a SNAFU with the front door. I'm a bit uncomfortable with the house being open now that we're drywalling.

We've already figured out that we probably should've made our master bathroom a touch larger, although we should be okay. The ceiling height should keep it from feeling too small.

In any case, the place should look quite a bit different by this weekend.

It's been a pretty action-packed week and a half around the site.

Last week, the rough electrical and rough plumbing was done, and the HVAC guys have been installing lots and lots of duct work. The garage floor and porch were poured, and turned out really good.

So far this week, I've insulated the garage (with some help from B. Fynewever!), run RG-6 (coaxial cable) and speaker wire in the walls (the electricians ran the CAT-5).

Tomorrow, we go through the house with J and L, just to make sure everything is roughed in where we want it. Also tomorrow, the drywallers start hanging drywall in the garage, and the carpenters will trim out the exterior of the window/doors. Thursday, the insulation guys come to insulate the main living area, and the painter comes to paint the exterior trim. Friday, the insulation guys should be finishing up, and we'll dig out the areas where I'm going to start building retaining walls. The only reason that retaining walls are sort of a priority at this point is because the air conditioner compressor is located in an area that will be held in place with one of the walls. Yippee.

I'm just glad I'm done insulating. What an itchy mess. :)

On we go!

Okay, I think it's abundantly clear that I suck at blogging, right? :)

Since the last update, there's been lots of activity.

As it stands right now, the house is framed in, the roof is shingled, and the windows are installed. The plumbing, electrical, and HVAC folks were there today doing their thing. By the end of the week, the rough plumbing, electrical, and HVAC should be pretty much done.

We're having a little issue with the front door (can't seem to find the door we wanted), but that's pretty minor. Hopefully, we can have that resolved by the end of the week and get the doors on, which lets us do the siding.

So far, due to a slight issue with the foundation, and the heavy rains a couple weeks ago, I think we're a week or two behind, but should still be moving in around Thanksgiving.

WooHoo!