This week dragged on a bit....Nate and I worked most evenings to wrap up some miscellaneous stuff. Like tonight: we worked on patching the west roof where it meets up with the addition so that we can get weathered in this weekend.
What's weathered in, you ask? You see, we wrapped the entire roof and walls with tar paper, but this is just a temporary fix and water barrier. Tomorrow my roofer should show up and shingle the new roof AND tie in the existing roof to the walls with flashing. Once this is complete, the only way water can actually get into the house is thru the window openings that have not received windows yet. I'm really waiting for my tub to arrive before setting the final windows so that I can slip the tub thru my bathroom window opening. And I haven't set the glass door unit on the west because I don't want it to get beaten up by the construction monkeys.
Anyways, with a little luck my roofer will show tomorrow, throw down the tile and I'll be ready for the inside finishes. My shingles arrived today -- here's a shot of the conveyor belt taking them up to the roof. Nate came around the corner and sighed....he said, "Man, I'm sure glad we don't have to carry those up to the roof ourselves!" True quote. Your welcome, Nate.Tomorrow (Saturday) will be Nate, me, and Bruce. We will frame in and set the fireplace. Yeah! Then we will set the double-doors and frame the last two door frames. I've been waiting for my pocket door frames to arrive, which they did today -- fun!
Next week will be crazy. Monday and Tuesday will be spent with my electrician roughing in the electrical runs. Also, my stairs should arrive on Monday which means that I can finally frame in my hallway and quit using the ladder to get up and down (although the kids would argue that the ladder is more fun!)
I'll get my mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and hopefully rough framing inspection completed by mid week so that I can throw on the drywall. I'm shooting for a drywall screw inspection for Thursday or Friday so that we can start mudding the walls and maybe even painting on Sunday -- yea!
Whew. If it sounds like a lot: it is. Then to complicate things, my allergies are in full swing and I've managed to wear my body down and contract a sinus infection, yuk. So I'm not operating at 100%. But I find that the manual labor keeps my mind off of the crud and sweating is good for the mucus (too much info!).
None-the-less, we're pushing thru. Still hoping to be done by July. Once the stairs are in place and the drywall sheets up on the walls, I think Kathy is planning a camp-out trip upstairs for us in sleeping bags. Fun!
Hope all is well in your world....
Construction Monkey #1
3 comments:
It's been really fun to read all of your comments. Thank you for visiting this site, checking in on our progress. We're getting closer and closer to being done -- it's been a tough process, but a fun one along the way. Thanks for stopping by our blog to say, "Hello!"
Hey A to Z! You da man.
Looks fantastic. What teamwork! There is so much done!
Lining up the subs to complete the roughin quickly is pretty darn amazing. What a tight time line.
Thanks Kathy for saying something this morning about fathers day. :)
Jazzer John.
A to Z, you da man!
It is amazing how fast it has gone up. What teamwork!
The planning it takes to arrange everything on time is another, especially with the subs.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks Kathy for you comments this morning about fathers day. :)
Jazzer John
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