The Week After Thanksgiving

I took last week off and went to Sacramento for Thanksgiving. So this week I needed to get a lot done. On the way back from Sacto, I picked up the lighting fixtures. The load filled the back of my pickup.

Monday the garage doors were delivered and installed. Tuesday, I finished painting the inside of the house and took some garbage to the dump. That was my 8th trip to the dump. Wednesday, the gutters were installed. Thursday, Paul's Electric dug a trench from the service area of the house to the garage. This is so we can install the power line and water line to the garage. I had two casualties from the digging. The gutter drain line was cracked. Which turned out ok. I needed to move one of the gutter drain connections anyway, and the broke pipe was right next to the drain. The excavator also broke a conduit that is going to bring in the TV cable. A call to HCTC and the conduit was spliced. The trench had to be at least 2' deep, code for the electrical and below the frost line for the water.

Waiting now for the insulation people to arrive, and that should be done today.

Next week Paul's Electric will be back out to lay the cable to the garage and installing the electrical fixtures. Paul from PS Plumbing will hook up the water lines, and I will have to get the PUD people out to install the water meter.

Right now we need to get some heat in the house. Then we can have the cabinets delivered and installed. But before we can have the heat pump installed I have to have Joe Fazio come back and do some grading. The fireplace still hasn't shipped from Idaho. As soon as it gets here I have an installer lined up. The race is on to see which heats the house first.

Siding is DONE

Finally, all of the siding is on. Now we are installing tongue and groove pine in the ceiling of the porches and patio. The pine is fairly delicate or fragile, and we had to send two loads back to Lumberman's Friday, trying to get some decent material.

The plastering isn't done yet, but I have started painting the inside. Doing everything in "Linen" white to start with. Makes it easier to paint and we can change the colors later if we like.

Next week we will be concentrating on finishing the paint on the inside and site clean up. Joe said that he could start the final grading later next week. Including cutting down the driveway so we can get the trailer up on site.

Plastering the Walls

We got a bid in for plastering the house walls that came in less the doing tape and texture, so we went for it. The look is like the old lath and plaster walls from bygone years.

The siding still continues. Maybe next week we will finally be done.

We Have Walls

A crew of 7 people came in last Saturday and started the installation of the sheet rock. Most of the house and all of the garage was done that day. Monday they finished the house and Tuesday came back to do the basement (they forgot to bring a light so they could see in the basement). The electrician came by and put in an outlet in the basement for the trash pump.

John and I complete the lap siding around the garage. And we've started the putting up the shake. Working under the porch, a little wet on Friday.

Once the siding is complete, we will haul off the any remaining material, either the dump, recycler, or back to Lumberman's. Once the site is clean, we will have Joe Fazio come back and do the final dirt work on the lot. First he will dig a trench from the basement to the garage, so we can connect the power and water to the garage. Then we can connect the power and water to the house. When the plastering is completed, the electrician will return and start his final on the house.

Sheet Rock Arrives

The siding saga continues. John and I are working on the shake portion of the house's siding while Keith is trimming out the garage. Keith won't be working with us the last part of this week and all of next week. But he does promise us some bbq'd back strap from the elk he's certain he will get next week.

This week we did pass the framing inspection, and just in time. Martinell Bros. plastering and drywall showed up with delivery of the sheet rock on Friday, and starting installing on Saturday. Eileen and I ordered the fireplace last weekend and it won't be delivered until the middle of November. So, the drywall on the front of the area blocked out for the fireplace can't be done until then. Another extra charge, for coming back later.

Lap Siding Around the House

This week we finished putting the lap siding all the way around the house. Then started with the shake siding above the windows.

I've secured a drywaller, and the material will be delivered on Tuesday, next week. The house portion will be plastered, hopefully for a style that closely matches the style of a Craftsman house. The rest (basement and garage) will be tape and textured.

Monday I will be calling the county for a follow-up inspection on the framing. We will be finishing up the corrections Monday also, so everything will be signed off before the drywallers start on Tuesday.

Siding Continues

We passed the passed the plumbing inspection!!
We passed the mechanical inspection, except for the range vent (that won't be installed until the range (downdraft model) comes in and we have the installation instructions)!!
We need to do some bracing on some of the roof trusses, and install some fire stops. And then the framing inspection will be complete.

We are almost done with the lap portion of the siding. A long week deserved some beer. John, Keith and I had my last Sloughhouse Ale from the Elk Grove Brewery (they close down).