I apologize for slacking on the blog updates over the last couple days however we have made major progress on the kitchen and exterior! The roofers arrived at 7:01am on Thursday morning and starting nailing down shingles within the hour. Mike and his 4 man crew worked through the blazing heat and smothering humidity to finish the job around 5:00pm- I planned to post some shots however I waited too long and it was dark when I finished up tonight. The roof looks great and, more importantly, the original take off was way too high so I will be able to return a good amount of shingles to reduce my overall cost! While the guys were on the roof I laid down the Hardi subfloor in the kitchen/laundry room- like the bathroom, this leveled off the floor and will serve as a bonding surface for the eventual tile. My dad arrived around noon and started cleaning up the electrical work by closing off junction boxes and stapling down the new wiring in the basement. Since I had an 8:25pm softball game, we skipped the crown and started running the wiring for the lights in the afternoon- we ended up with 2 of the 6 cans installed in the kitchen. On Friday we started the day by installing all of the switches and plugs in the laundry room. We finished up around noon and moved on to completing the lights in the kitchen and installing the cans in the laundry room. After taking a long lunch break so my dad could experience Mas Tacos (see previous post), we installed the crown moulding in the two rooms and setup our box for the ceiling fan in the laundry room. We finished the day by putting a second coat of mud on the drywall and cleaning up. Again, I waited too long to take pictures and the room was too dusty to take identifiable shots when I finished work today- I will be posting these pictures and some roof shots tomorrow.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
MAJOR PROGRESS WITH NO PICTURES (aka VOTE IN THE POLLS ABOVE!)
I apologize for slacking on the blog updates over the last couple days however we have made major progress on the kitchen and exterior! The roofers arrived at 7:01am on Thursday morning and starting nailing down shingles within the hour. Mike and his 4 man crew worked through the blazing heat and smothering humidity to finish the job around 5:00pm- I planned to post some shots however I waited too long and it was dark when I finished up tonight. The roof looks great and, more importantly, the original take off was way too high so I will be able to return a good amount of shingles to reduce my overall cost! While the guys were on the roof I laid down the Hardi subfloor in the kitchen/laundry room- like the bathroom, this leveled off the floor and will serve as a bonding surface for the eventual tile. My dad arrived around noon and started cleaning up the electrical work by closing off junction boxes and stapling down the new wiring in the basement. Since I had an 8:25pm softball game, we skipped the crown and started running the wiring for the lights in the afternoon- we ended up with 2 of the 6 cans installed in the kitchen. On Friday we started the day by installing all of the switches and plugs in the laundry room. We finished up around noon and moved on to completing the lights in the kitchen and installing the cans in the laundry room. After taking a long lunch break so my dad could experience Mas Tacos (see previous post), we installed the crown moulding in the two rooms and setup our box for the ceiling fan in the laundry room. We finished the day by putting a second coat of mud on the drywall and cleaning up. Again, I waited too long to take pictures and the room was too dusty to take identifiable shots when I finished work today- I will be posting these pictures and some roof shots tomorrow.
The silver lining of not having
any pictures to post is to hopefully draw your attention to the post above! Believe it or not, we are getting close to
finishing this house! The kitchen will
be done by the middle of next week then I’ll be spending a couple of days
patching/cleaning up the second floor and basement area. This schedule takes us into the weekend at
which time the sider is supposed to start and my entire family is coming down
to work on the landscaping. Also, during
this time, my girlfriend will be out of town and I intend to sand/finish the
remaining flooring. After all of this is
completed I am factoring in for a week of “punch list” items and the house
should be ready for market by 06 August .
With that being said, we now need to decide on the “curb appeal” of the
house which leads me to my most recent post/polls.
Please look at the above post and PLEASE, PLEASE vote on the polls!
I apologize for slacking on the blog updates over the last couple days however we have made major progress on the kitchen and exterior! The roofers arrived at 7:01am on Thursday morning and starting nailing down shingles within the hour. Mike and his 4 man crew worked through the blazing heat and smothering humidity to finish the job around 5:00pm- I planned to post some shots however I waited too long and it was dark when I finished up tonight. The roof looks great and, more importantly, the original take off was way too high so I will be able to return a good amount of shingles to reduce my overall cost! While the guys were on the roof I laid down the Hardi subfloor in the kitchen/laundry room- like the bathroom, this leveled off the floor and will serve as a bonding surface for the eventual tile. My dad arrived around noon and started cleaning up the electrical work by closing off junction boxes and stapling down the new wiring in the basement. Since I had an 8:25pm softball game, we skipped the crown and started running the wiring for the lights in the afternoon- we ended up with 2 of the 6 cans installed in the kitchen. On Friday we started the day by installing all of the switches and plugs in the laundry room. We finished up around noon and moved on to completing the lights in the kitchen and installing the cans in the laundry room. After taking a long lunch break so my dad could experience Mas Tacos (see previous post), we installed the crown moulding in the two rooms and setup our box for the ceiling fan in the laundry room. We finished the day by putting a second coat of mud on the drywall and cleaning up. Again, I waited too long to take pictures and the room was too dusty to take identifiable shots when I finished work today- I will be posting these pictures and some roof shots tomorrow.
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Not sure what board & batten shutters are. I think grey siding, red shutters (or black). Accents in red. Paint front door red (or shade of red to match shutters). Can't wait to see pictures of yesterdays work and roof.
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