This is shaping up to be a big week.
The painter is moving out on Monday. He's been painting our house, and has one set of custom cabinets in the basement that he's been working on, and has another set in the garage. He's going to finish our pantry door, move out the other two sets of cabinets, and do some touch ups tomorrow.
The countertops go in tomorrow, and the wood floor guy, plumber, and electrician are scheduled to show up on Tuesday. AT&T is going to show up Friday and get us hooked up to UVerse. Carpet is scheduled for next week Monday. WooHoo!
We're getting there.....
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Color!
Well, there's finally some non-drywall colors on the inside of the house. The staining is done, the interior doors are painted, the trim is sprayed, and all of the interior walls have their first coat of paint. The painter is planning on finishing up on Wednesday and moving on out. The paint/stain work is going to turn out very well. It looks good.
The countertop/tile/flooring guys start on Wednesday, and the plumber and electrician will be in next Tuesday and Wednesday for their part of the finish. I should be able to put in the appliances next weekend.
The holdups at this point are siding (yeah, it STILL isn't completely done), and mechanical - there's a temporary furnace in right now, we need to get the right furnace and A/C in there, and finish up some of the duct work.
The countertop/tile/flooring guys start on Wednesday, and the plumber and electrician will be in next Tuesday and Wednesday for their part of the finish. I should be able to put in the appliances next weekend.
The holdups at this point are siding (yeah, it STILL isn't completely done), and mechanical - there's a temporary furnace in right now, we need to get the right furnace and A/C in there, and finish up some of the duct work.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Not Much to Update
Short update.
All of the staining (including the doors and drawers) and laquering is done. The walls are primed, and the door casings/baseboards have two coats of primer on them. On Monday, the painter will fill the nail holes, sand, and spray another coat of primer. The interior doors are finished.
Outside the house, I decided to take advantage of the nice weather this weekend, and am working on the retaining walls on the North side of the house. I made good progress today - Katie's brother dropped by and helped me out for awhile. If I can get 2-3 hours on it tomorrow, I should be able to wrap it up next weekend. That'll be nice - less work to do next spring. Installing the rest of the landscaping/grading and tilling the clay/spreading topsoil/seeding the 3/4 acre lot will be enough work.
The journey continues......
All of the staining (including the doors and drawers) and laquering is done. The walls are primed, and the door casings/baseboards have two coats of primer on them. On Monday, the painter will fill the nail holes, sand, and spray another coat of primer. The interior doors are finished.
Outside the house, I decided to take advantage of the nice weather this weekend, and am working on the retaining walls on the North side of the house. I made good progress today - Katie's brother dropped by and helped me out for awhile. If I can get 2-3 hours on it tomorrow, I should be able to wrap it up next weekend. That'll be nice - less work to do next spring. Installing the rest of the landscaping/grading and tilling the clay/spreading topsoil/seeding the 3/4 acre lot will be enough work.
The journey continues......
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Michael Newenhouse - Motivational Speaker
Progress, progress, progress.
The exterior of the house is pretty much done. We ran a little short on siding, so the South side of the garage remains pretty baby-blue styrofoam. Other than that, the siding and shakes are up. The deck is finally done, and the front columns are built. Maybe my little pep talk with the builder last week helped move matters along. Maybe it just pissed people off. Regardless, things are getting done.
On the inside, the cabinets are stained and clear-coated. As of tonight, the main floor drywall is primed, and the painters are in the process of masking off the cabinets so they can spray the trim. They're spraying the doors in the basement, and will be working on the cabinet drawers and doors in the garage.
Paint is scheduled to be done at the end of next week. Then we need to get the finish plumbing, electrical, mechanical, countertops, and flooring done.
Egad, that's a lot.......
The exterior of the house is pretty much done. We ran a little short on siding, so the South side of the garage remains pretty baby-blue styrofoam. Other than that, the siding and shakes are up. The deck is finally done, and the front columns are built. Maybe my little pep talk with the builder last week helped move matters along. Maybe it just pissed people off. Regardless, things are getting done.
On the inside, the cabinets are stained and clear-coated. As of tonight, the main floor drywall is primed, and the painters are in the process of masking off the cabinets so they can spray the trim. They're spraying the doors in the basement, and will be working on the cabinet drawers and doors in the garage.
Paint is scheduled to be done at the end of next week. Then we need to get the finish plumbing, electrical, mechanical, countertops, and flooring done.
Egad, that's a lot.......
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Things Are Ch-Ch-Ch-Changin'!
Quick update!
- The painters moved into day, and started masking and prepping. They're still working on another job (for the last couple weeks, they've had the entire basement masked off, and have been painting cabinets and doors for another house), but in-between spraying coats of paint in the basement, they're prepping our main floor. I'd imagine that they may get to do some staining late tomorrow or Friday.
- Last I checked (at noon-ish today), the siding looked like it was on the way to being finished today.
- The brick guys were there, and built the columns on the porch. They look great.
- The countertop guys were there today, and made patterns for the quartz.
- They did a little clean-up today - all the siding scraps are out of the yard, and the house is cleaned out.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Now We're Getting Somewhere!
It's shaping up to be a big week around the site.
Today, the trim carpenters moved out. The cabinets are built, the closets are finished, and the trim is all hung. I'm pretty impressed at the work these guys did - I can't find a joint on any of the cabinets that isn't tight and rock solid.
Tomorrow, the painter moves in.
The siding guys have the sides and back of the house sided, as well as part of the front. If the weather holds, they should be able to wrap up the siding and shakes tomorrow. DTE was there today, ran our gas line, and tied us in. The HVAC guys set the furnace and ran the intake and exhaust lines to the outside of the house. The masonry guys dropped their tool trailer off tonight, so it looks like their going to start on the front columns tomorrow.
The house should look quite a bit different by the weekend.....
Today, the trim carpenters moved out. The cabinets are built, the closets are finished, and the trim is all hung. I'm pretty impressed at the work these guys did - I can't find a joint on any of the cabinets that isn't tight and rock solid.
Tomorrow, the painter moves in.
The siding guys have the sides and back of the house sided, as well as part of the front. If the weather holds, they should be able to wrap up the siding and shakes tomorrow. DTE was there today, ran our gas line, and tied us in. The HVAC guys set the furnace and ran the intake and exhaust lines to the outside of the house. The masonry guys dropped their tool trailer off tonight, so it looks like their going to start on the front columns tomorrow.
The house should look quite a bit different by the weekend.....
Friday, October 30, 2009
Enough With The Rain, Already!!!!!!!!
Well, today was pretty much a bust.
As I've mentioned before, the building site is all clay. Also, recall that clay retains water - it doesn't drain well. The site hasn't dried out in a little over a month, and today made a real mess.
I discovered last night that the siding crew left all of their tools out, and left boxes of siding, as well as their supplies, sitting outside. I had a little clean-up to do when I stopped by tonight, because they didn't work today, and the wind got ahold of things.
One of the trim carpenters was working today. On the inside of the house, they need to do about 20% of the kitchen island yet, about 25% of the laundry room cabinets, 25% of the staircase, build the shelves in the pantry and a cabinet over the toilet in the master bath, and hang the baseboards in about 75% of the main floor. They're planning on being done Tuesday. The painter is planning on starting Wednesday, and will take approximately two weeks. Another week or two for carpet, countertops, tile, and finish plumbing/electrical, and we're in.
On the exterior of the house, the siding is about 25% of the way done, the stone pillars need to be built on the front porch, and the deck railings built. Sounds like cake, right? We'll see - I'm more worried about the exterior of the house than the interior. It's taken us 90 days to get siding started, so I think my worries are pretty reasonable.
We are also still waiting for DTE to come and hook us up to natural gas. We called to place the work order six weeks ago, and they assured me it would be done by Wednesday, so we can paint. The siding guys have already sided where the meter goes, so they'll have some rework to do. Fortunately, I had the foresight to bury a piece of conduit under the retaining wall on that side of the house, so they can get their line from the side yard up to the meter (otherwise, they'd be digging down about six feet, and under the retaining wall.)
When we originally broke ground, the builder was pretty optimistic that we'd have the project done in three months. Our goal of being in by Thanksgiving was a slam dunk. However, due to all the rain and associated delays, we're looking at roughly a week or two after Thanksgiving. You're probably able to tell that I'm not really thrilled with that, but there's not really much I can do about it, so we'll deal with it.
On we go......
As I've mentioned before, the building site is all clay. Also, recall that clay retains water - it doesn't drain well. The site hasn't dried out in a little over a month, and today made a real mess.
I discovered last night that the siding crew left all of their tools out, and left boxes of siding, as well as their supplies, sitting outside. I had a little clean-up to do when I stopped by tonight, because they didn't work today, and the wind got ahold of things.
One of the trim carpenters was working today. On the inside of the house, they need to do about 20% of the kitchen island yet, about 25% of the laundry room cabinets, 25% of the staircase, build the shelves in the pantry and a cabinet over the toilet in the master bath, and hang the baseboards in about 75% of the main floor. They're planning on being done Tuesday. The painter is planning on starting Wednesday, and will take approximately two weeks. Another week or two for carpet, countertops, tile, and finish plumbing/electrical, and we're in.
On the exterior of the house, the siding is about 25% of the way done, the stone pillars need to be built on the front porch, and the deck railings built. Sounds like cake, right? We'll see - I'm more worried about the exterior of the house than the interior. It's taken us 90 days to get siding started, so I think my worries are pretty reasonable.
We are also still waiting for DTE to come and hook us up to natural gas. We called to place the work order six weeks ago, and they assured me it would be done by Wednesday, so we can paint. The siding guys have already sided where the meter goes, so they'll have some rework to do. Fortunately, I had the foresight to bury a piece of conduit under the retaining wall on that side of the house, so they can get their line from the side yard up to the meter (otherwise, they'd be digging down about six feet, and under the retaining wall.)
When we originally broke ground, the builder was pretty optimistic that we'd have the project done in three months. Our goal of being in by Thanksgiving was a slam dunk. However, due to all the rain and associated delays, we're looking at roughly a week or two after Thanksgiving. You're probably able to tell that I'm not really thrilled with that, but there's not really much I can do about it, so we'll deal with it.
On we go......
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