Hey guys! It has been over a month since I have updated the blog...and for a reason. It has been a long month and a half.
We still don't have any drywall hung. However, we have made progress. Just not "pretty" progress, as I've been calling it.
The A/C and heating and plumbers are done and gone (until we start installing everything and the plumbers will have to put some finishing touches). So that is GREAT news. Now the electrician has started. He has been doing a great job and is moving at a pretty quick pace. One thing I do know is that it is a busy time of the year for electricians, and really skilled labor in general. The poor man works hours and hours and gets so many calls from other people wanting him to do stuff for them. Everyone is trying to get construction done before the long winter really sets in. Which seems to be here. And then there's those emergency calls from people that need things fixed. Skilled laborers definitely have major skills and a hard work ethic!
So really all that I am going to do is post some pictures of what the house in general kind of looks like right now. Here is the kitchen. We worked on, and finished, laying the subfloor, which was no easy task. As you can see, the far corner is concrete. For some unknown reason (it wasn't the porch).
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| We took out the wall unit...still needs some work. |
In the last picture, you can see the new patio doors. They both open so that we can open it for parties if we want...there was three panels but it was real wood and very rotted. We couldn't afford to put in another three panel door system. But I'm still pretty happy with this one :)
We have holes in various parts of the downstairs ceiling, so that we can recenter the new lights based on the new room configurations. Also, the two front rooms never had ceiling lights, so the electrician is adding a ceiling light in one of them.
This is the upstairs master bath with the plumbing.
This is the new downstairs bathroom:
The new bathtub!
New can lights in the basement! Ready for drywall!
The attic is pretty much finished! New subfloor layer and studs ready for drywall. The drywall guys are going to have their work cut out for them, because hardly any of those rafters are completely even/level.
This is the narrow staircase up to the attic!
So much work, but nothing is pretty-yet!! I think it's just around the corner though, especially once the electrician finishes up and the drywall is hung and finished. And that should be soon! Hopefully I will be able to do more frequent updates once the fun stuff starts!
