So, it's been far far too long since I've updated this blog...lots has happened and we're about 3 weeks away from moving in. We're not going to quite make Christmas but better to get it all done right than rush to get into the house. More or less, I'll just illustrate the photos -- not that they aren't obvious enough. This is a good break from wrestling with lighting fixtures which I am ordering right now...
In this photo you can see the kitchen has been insulated, the low voltage recessed lights have been installed and in the top right of the photos you can see a white piece of plastic where the speaker wire will be secured for the in ceiling speakers (which will go in later as budget allows). Leigh and I did all of the wiring for the
whole house audio -- so we'll see how that goes. There will two speakers in every room of the first floor.
Here you can see the vaulted ceiling of the kitchen -- the off white things between the rafters are
Styrofoam vents to bring cold air in from outside to keep the roof temp cool.
This is the insulated living room. The coil of yellow wire to the left of the windows is the
speaker wire. You can also see some primed
clapboards on the floor. Leigh and I spend days and days priming these pine boards. They were milled for us by Rand Lumbar Yard in Rye NH.
Living room looking towards the kitchen...lots of insulation.
This is the living room fireplace -- we left
coils of wire so that we can decide where we want to put the sconces once the living room is finished.
Upstairs looking towards the back of the house.
Here is our super
efficient gas heater and on the left the 45 gallon hot water tank.
Ed and the guys installed plywood where the cabinets will be installed.
Blue board in the dining room, waiting to be plastered.
Imar and his crew had the
blue board one in only a few days and are now in the process of plastering the house.
Most of the house was insulated using traditional insulation but we insulated the roof with closed cell spray foam insulation only 4 inches has an R value of 30. We did this so that we could keep the vaulted ceiling exposed.
Because we used spray foam we do not have to vent the roof.
Blue board in the study.
Here you can see the master bedroom with the plaster on the walls...looks great!
Master bedroom looking
towards the closet.
Hector and Mike have been doing the clapboard siding -- they're doing a great job of lining the boards up with the bottom and top of the windows. We're hoping that their part of the siding will done by Tuesday next week so that they can start laying the floors which arrived on Tuesday. We have to let the wide pine
acclimate to the house for 7 to 10 days before installing them.
All in all, things are going well - we were hoping to be in by Christmas but it looks like we'll still be in the house ahead of schedule. Tomorrow we make some decisions about trim...I'll try to keep the blog updated on a more regular basis...no promises
though.
In this photo you can see the kitchen has been insulated, the low voltage recessed lights have been installed and in the top right of the photos you can see a white piece of plastic where the speaker wire will be secured for the in ceiling speakers (which will go in later as budget allows). Leigh and I did all of the wiring for the whole house audio -- so we'll see how that goes. There will two speakers in every room of the first floor.
Here you can see the vaulted ceiling of the kitchen -- the off white things between the rafters are Styrofoam vents to bring cold air in from outside to keep the roof temp cool.
This is the insulated living room. The coil of yellow wire to the left of the windows is the speaker wire. You can also see some primed clapboards on the floor. Leigh and I spend days and days priming these pine boards. They were milled for us by Rand Lumbar Yard in Rye NH.
Living room looking towards the kitchen...lots of insulation.
This is the living room fireplace -- we left coils of wire so that we can decide where we want to put the sconces once the living room is finished.
Upstairs looking towards the back of the house.
Here is our super efficient gas heater and on the left the 45 gallon hot water tank.
Ed and the guys installed plywood where the cabinets will be installed.
Blue board in the dining room, waiting to be plastered. Imar and his crew had the blue board one in only a few days and are now in the process of plastering the house.
Most of the house was insulated using traditional insulation but we insulated the roof with closed cell spray foam insulation only 4 inches has an R value of 30. We did this so that we could keep the vaulted ceiling exposed. Because we used spray foam we do not have to vent the roof.
Blue board in the study.
Here you can see the master bedroom with the plaster on the walls...looks great!
Master bedroom looking towards the closet.
Hector and Mike have been doing the clapboard siding -- they're doing a great job of lining the boards up with the bottom and top of the windows. We're hoping that their part of the siding will done by Tuesday next week so that they can start laying the floors which arrived on Tuesday. We have to let the wide pine acclimate to the house for 7 to 10 days before installing them.
All in all, things are going well - we were hoping to be in by Christmas but it looks like we'll still be in the house ahead of schedule. Tomorrow we make some decisions about trim...I'll try to keep the blog updated on a more regular basis...no promises though.
It's looking GREAT! I can't believe it's the same house!
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