Utilities pt 2

We're STILL waiting for the house to dry out. This nice warm spring weather should help with the drying out.  But in the meantime we have been busy doing backfill, utility trenching, french drain installation and some interior wall insulation.  The rain gutters were just put up last week.  The front door area was torn out and is waiting to be rebuilt sometime this week. 
Clayton our excavator's son was hard at work the last couple of weeks, doing all of our backfill, french drains (which they did at an excellent price), and utility trenching.  He did a great job helping us figure out the landscaping with the slope we have.  Kevin has also been working on putting in our water line, he will be out tomorrow to finish it up so it can be inspected by the city.
We finally made a decision on the granite for the kitchen and downstairs half bath.  We went with Granite Mafia in Medford and Becky the owner gave us a fantastic deal on gorgeous 'Blue Pearl' granite!  Kevin and I are so excited to see it installed! I would definitely recommend going to her if you want granite! 

The utilities at the street.

 The trench for the water line.

 Clayton doing the backfill in the backyard.

 The side yard now has a slight slope to the upper flat level.

 The view from the back yard.

 The french drain trench. The pipes tie into the gutter drains.

 Here's the insulation I did in the laundry room, it's not stapled yet so that's why it looks so wrinkly.

 Insulation in the master bedroom, the left side hasn't been stapled yet.

 The front door torn out.

 The master bathroom side window was broken. Adair was already on top of it and it will be replaced.

 

The Blue Pearl granite we ordered! :)

Utilities

     We have been waiting on the house to dry out the last couple of weeks.  It's a slow going process. The propane heater we bought ended up being a money pit.  The tank only lasted about 24 hours, so it wasn't economical to keep driving way out there to fill it up every day.  We put a oil heater in the house and an electrical heater and fan.  So those are slowly drying it out.  Micah from Adair came out there today and tested the wood, most areas are under 20% moisture, we need to get 18% or below for them to do insulation and drywall.  We are getting close!  The garage door was also delivered and installed!  We are also waiting for the framers to come back out and fix the entryway.  Some one made a mistake and put the window that's next to the front door too far to the left, making the trim on the front look weird, plus there's some mold in above the window inside the house.  So that will all be ripped out and replaced.  There's some siding in the front that still needs to be completed as well.
     The excavator was out there today trenching for the electric, phone, water and sewer.  The electrical and sewer inspector showed up too and passed both trenches.
     In the mean time Kevin spent some time going around the interior of the house and caulking the floor boards that touch the exterior walls.  Just so that we have an extra barrier for bugs and heating.  He also started putting up insulation in the upstairs interior walls, since Adair doesn't do that.  We want the bedrooms to be well insulated. 
     We also found two beautiful granite slabs for the countertops.  We decided not to go with black afterall but decided on a white/grey with garnet specks.  Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it.

 Woohoo garage door!

 The cut for where the utilities will be trenched.

 Sewer line, the water line will also go right along this ditch as well.

 Sewer hooked up to the house.

 Looking at the front yard.

 The ditch for the phone, data, cable and electrical conduit.

 The 'electrical ditch' being covered up after it was inspected.

 Looking at the sewer pipe from the driveway.

 

Playing soccer in the living room!