Pocket doors

Casey has been busy over the last few evenings working on the framing and pocket door rough-in.

Pocket door for my office

Pocket door for the half bath

Framing for the mudroom closet



Today my mother arrives and she will be watching the kids at night so Casey and I can get a dent in the upstairs interior framing.  Moving right along!

Holding us back.....

Sadly, no photos to update the progress of late.  February was a really slow month.  There are several things that have occurred that have really held us back, all of which were out of our control.

1.  On 2-2-14 we discovered a water damage in the attic space that needed to be dried out.  All the wet building materials and drying concrete created excess moisture which was not able to adequately escape our attic.  The excess moisture was not able to escape (inadequate venting) so it formed condensation on the roof decking. We have a ridge vent, but the soffit vents we planned for were never installed due to a snafu. Our building was designed to have a heel on the truss, but the materials were not available fast enough.  We were told "we can build it, and build it better."  Well, they built it, but not better because they didn't add the heel as designed and there wasn't enough room for the insulation in the eve and the soffit vents.

The water damage took about 5 days to dry out, during which time the air movers and dehumidifiers were kicking up a lot of dust. This all coincided with number 2.

2. We all got the flu, but not at the same time.  So three weeks out of the month was spent with one of us so sick we literally just stayed in bed.  Yup. That was not a fun time.  So glad that it is behind us.

3.  The state inspected our plumbing and wrote up a nice big letter outlining all the code violations our plumbing has. This is a MAJOR set back as we not only paid someone thousands of dollars to install it, we also paid for all of the materials that now need to be mostly removed and replace.  UGH. Working to find a solution on this....hopeful it will be resolved quickly as we are ready for drywall and this is holding us back.

4. There are some other issues that have come up as well, but we have a meeting scheduled this week and we hope to have them resolved asap. (More at another time)

THE GOOD NEWS

 

We are all healthy again!!

 

 

The wet materials are now dry - and we caught it really fast so that the damage was minimal. I've got great friends at G.W. Savage who really took care of things for us.

 

We are looking for solutions to some of the plumbing and other concerns we have.  Solutions are always good.

 

Yesterday Casey and I got a ton done.  The first floor electrical is complete.  Our electrician friend came out and made up all the switches so that as soon as the drywall goes up, we just have to wire a switch and the receptacles, easy peasy. It's much easier to get all those 3-way switches, etc. made up during the rough in stage. Although it is time consuming, it's not as time consuming as after the drywall.

 

We got a huge chunk of the second floor electrical started and will hammer out the rest of it this week.  I'm taking a vacation day this week to get 'er done.

 

Casey has been working at night after work for the last week and will ramp that up this week.  My Mom is also coming to town this week to spend the evenings with the kids so that Casey and I can go get a few hours in each night together. Oh la la, a working date.

 

It's all progress, and progress is good.  Hoping we can break down the barriers that are holding us back in the coming days.  Cross your fingers for us!