Ups and downs...

Work continues on the house. The bulk of the curved ceiling strapping is now finished and the stapling of the ceiling mesh into place is now underway and about a third done. Matt is doing the bulk of the work and doing a great job! 

Janis & I have spent the last few days working with the folks at Marr-Tech Kitchens to carefully design the cabinets and pick out the countertops throughout the new house. It is amazing how many decisions have to be made... all vitally important. We will have to live with the cabinets for many years to come. After being shoehorned into an rickety old house with a tiny and woefully inadequate kitchen for these last nine years we do not want to over-react. Then again, maybe we do. :)   We are opting for quartz countertops this time around in the hard use areas. 

The interior doors are now on order as well. and the house is starting to fill up with various finishing materials. 

Next we start in on the flooring choices. It's going to be fun!

-grampa dan

Back once more!

We've been gone for the last nine days, visiting Disneyland. We had lots of fun too! Now it is back to the job at hand, refreshed both physically and creatively.

While we were gone our crew stayed busy. Matthew was busy fastening the strapping to the curved ceilings in preparation for the plasterwork soon to come. The plywood strapping changes the whole look and feel of the rooms. The living room ceiling is now ready for the lath.

Upstairs one of the bonus rooms is also done. This room is going to be so cool when it is done!

Painting of the exterior trim also continued in our absence and plenty was done there. I'll be posting pictures of that progress soon. Stay tuned...

-grampa dan

Trim a little off the top please

Today the Element Spray Foam crew was finished the spraying of the insulating foam. It was time for a little trimming of the extra foam in places they had oversprayed and it was time for a big clean from one end of the house to the other. Ryan and Colin made good time on the first room and then finished the upstairs area before the tend of the day. Right behind then Matt began fastening the strapping in place.

With the finishing of the spray foam the house is noticably quieter than before. As we begin addding insulation and drywall it will get even quieter as we proceed - something we were counting on as we built so close to the road in order to give us the maximum back yard we desired. 

Just before noon the engineer came by for an inspection and was delighted with the job they had done. Thanks to the ELEMENT Spray Foam crew for a WONDERFUL JOB! It is starting to REALLY look like a house inside at last!

-grampa dan