Almost Done (2)

My to-do list has dwindled. The list is finally a manageable weekend project. I finished getting all the counter tops in. The Sinks are all installed with the exception of the drain on one. I have to reset on toilet because the wax ring is leaking a bit. The work outside is pretty much done. The downspout drains are all in except one, the sidewalk is done. We had a new load of gravel brought out and the west steps are placed. I talked to the inspector today and he said we have to have a functional stove, so I am trying to find a propane company that will get a tank out there asap. We were going to use the primo and cook on that for a month or two.

Anyways here are the "final" pics from the outside of the house. 

Almost done (1)

Alright I finally feel like we are in the almost done stage. There are really no "big" projects left. We finished spreading out the dirt piles and ran a harley rake over the yard and got it in pretty good shape. We spread some grass seed and it has rained a good amount so the seed has been wet for 3 days straight now. If we have any chance of getting the grass growing in July it is this week. We got the front door hung and it fit just perfect. We bought the hand rails for the garage and basement. Those should go up in a day or two once the stain dries. We have a bit or trim to finish but that should go pretty quick. The concrete counter tops are coming along.

Rock is mostly done, Tile is all up, doors are hung and trim is underway

We have made some pretty big strides this week. We had an old family friend come out to give us some pointers on the rock, turns out he could have it done in a day for about 300 bucks, DEAL!

We still have to wrap one more post but that should be pretty easy to get done.

We finished getting all the tile put on the shower walls. We will start caulk and grout this weekend. We found these Little brackets called quick door hangers at home depot and we got all the doors hung in a few hours. Once that was done we hit the trim pretty hard. That is another project we can probably have done by the end of the weekend, or at least pretty close. We started staining the front door so that will replace the temp door next week.

Siding is done, drywall done in a day or 2

Our siding got finished up yesterday. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. For any one who is wondering my installer Eric Davis (http://www.ericdavisconstruction.com/) used a ring shank nails and I would guess they were about 2 inches long to attach the siding.

 

Our drywall should finally be finished by tomorrow so we will be spending the weekend painting. Weather has been terrible so we have not been able to work on the stone because of the temperatures but hopefully we can finish that up next week.

The east side has siding and we have power

Just a quick update before we get battered by the coming spring snow storm... Eric Davis has made some great progress on the siding. The walk out side of the house is finished. They should have no problems finishing this up next week as long as the weather gets decent and I can finish up on the rock.

In other news we have power to the panel. The furnace should be hooked up tomorrow, though the temperature in the house stays around 50.

Soffit finished, mason work continues siding started and electric ditch

There is lots of things happening this week. Our James Hardie Hardieplank lap siding  was delivered on Monday and my siding guy, Eric Davis finished up the soffit on Tuesday and got started on the siding. It is turning out pretty good. This house is going to look a whole lot different in another week. The weather looks like it is going to be terrible for the next week (rain, sleet snow and we barely get out of the 30s). Work will slow down after today. With the cold temperatures I will not be able to do any more work on the stone wainscoting. I did manage to get some more of the ledge put up on the front porch last night so that is good. It will be next week before I get to work on it again with these temperatures.

 

My father in law got out the old backhoe and got the ditch dug for the electric line. The drywall guys were worried about the mud drying so hopefully we will have power by the end of the day today. 

 

The dry wall guys are making progress on the walls.

The next project is to get paint picked out and get some primer and color up on the walls. If the weather warms up we will be back outside working on the stonework.

 

 

Drywall is hung, stone vaneer is started

The hangers finished up the drywall now we just have to wait for the finishers. The inside of our house is a dusty mess. Hopefully they will get done this week. They were worried about it not being warm enough but I think they play to bring some heat in.

 

We got started on the stone vaneer this weekend. We are using a drystack so it takes a while to piece all this together and that means we are behind schedule again.  The weather is well below average this week for this time of year and that makes doing mason work suck. Our night time lows are hovering around the freezing mark so I will cover our work with plastic. The siding and soffit guys started on Friday and they expect it to take about a week or so to finish up so we have to have this rapped up by next weekend. 

Drywall progress

The drywall is nearly hung now. The finisher was going to start today or tomorrow. The end is near now.

 

In other news I got my hole at the bottom of the drive way dug. It was nearly 10ft deep when I quit digging. I didn't find any rocks which is extremely rare for this area. I burried most of the concrete after lunch on Saturday. I can fit more in the hole but we may use some of it for other projects. I finished up just as it started to rain. We got nearly 2 inches and my hole turned into a flooded mess.

The next project is to get the stone veneer installed on the front of the house. Unfortanatly it looks like half our weekend is going to be rained out. We ordered it from a company out of Springfield called Palisades Stone. They should be delivering it tomorrow.