Drywall!

The house was finally dry enough to put up the exterior insulation.  Today the drywall was finished in the house, then the mudding will begin next week. We should be painting the interior by next weekend!  I sent Kevin to get paint samples mixed for the different rooms, I am eager to get them on the walls and see how they look.

The utility trech filled in.

Insulation downstairs.

 Upstairs front bedroom.

 Looking into the kitchen.

 The front door.

 Looking into the kitchen.

 Downstairs half bath.

 The living room!

 Master bedroom.

 Upstairs hallway.

 Upstairs front room.

The other upstairs front room.

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!

Just an update.

      Nothing more has really happened on the house. The siders are still trying to finish the front porch. They were sick this week so the job has been a little delayed. The excavator Frank will be there on Monday morning to start the back fill and trenching our utilities down the driveway from the street. We are also going to be renting heaters next week to dry out the interior of the house. So, there may not be any posts on here until that whole process is done and the sheet rocking has begun.
      My major job right now is picking out our paint colors. It's much harder than I thought it would be. But so far we have decided on a light grey for all of the downstairs, stairway and upstairs hall. The girls rooms will be different shades of pink. I still haven't decided on the master bedroom though.
      Yesterday we went to Home Depot and we found a very nice tile back splash for our kitchen, I bought one square foot so I could bring it to the house today and it looked great. It has some stainless steel pieces in it that will go well with our appliances. We have also decided that we are going to get granite counter tops. We are probably going to go with some kind of black. The kind I like so far is called Galaxy.

 Black Galaxy Granite.

 The backsplash. :)

 I love the way the siding on the front of the house looks! It will be awesome when it's painted. And no, the house is not crooked, the easement is that I was standing on.

Still a little left to finish the porch.

Siding, electrical, and plumbing.

     Kevin and I headed out to the house today to pick up a couple of truckloads of wood to take to Biomass. We also swept the house. There was a lot of debris from the electrician, wire was everywhere.  We also have a pile of garbage that still needs to be taken to the dump. Mostly it's just little pieces of siding, plastic wrappers and techshield scraps.
     The electrician, plumber, siders, and heating and air guys have all been hard at work on the house.  The siding is almost done, all they have is the front of the house to finish and the porch.  As far as I can tell the plumbing is done until the utilities are connected.  The electrical looks almost done, there are no receptacles yet though.  He also put in an electrical panel in the garage.
     Next up is drying out the house.  Chris from Adair said he is going to the house next week to test the moisture content in the wood.  We will most likely have to rent heaters to dry out the house.  We also are waiting for a call back from our excavator so that we can schedule him to come do the back fill and trench our utilities down the easement.  He is going to have to cut the asphalt and bring them across the easement to the other side.  It's going to be a hassle, and I will be happy when it's all done with!    
     On with the good stuff, here are pictures from today. :)

 They are almost done with the front!

 The garage side of the house.

 Backside of house. I'm so glad we bought the extra trim for the windows!

 Dining room/kitchen side of house.

 Isn't this beautiful? ;)

 HVAC.

 Kitchen wall where the sink will be.

 The laundry room.

 Master bathroom. I laid in the tub and it was fabulous!

 Ducts.

 Looking down the stairs

 

Electrical panel.

House wrapped, windows, doors, roof, oh my!

     A lot has happened at the house in the last few days.  We stopped by today and saw that most of the windows have been set and the rest will be finished today. The siders are out there working on the windows, trim and siding today. We ended up buying extra window trim on our own to finish the trim around the windows on the sides and back of the house.  We bought it from Parr lumber in Medford, where Adair buys all the lumber for the houses they build.  Mel at Parr really helped us out by getting our trim delivered the same day we ordered it! Thanks!!  The plumbers were also out there today cutting pipes and drilling holes for pipes to go through.  The heating and air conditioning guys were there as well, they installed the HVAC and the vents and such were there ready to be installed. As we drove away a roofing truck was driving up with the roofers. So, hopefully the shingles will be laid today as well.  The weather is perfect right now, hopefully the house will be sided and roofed before the rains start again. :)

 Roof!

 

Looking up the stairs at the roof. With techshield.

 Kevin and the girls out front. The wrapping is almost done now. Doors installed too.

 HVAC in garage. Side door installed too.

 Windows!

 Hall bathtub in place!

Looking into the master bedroom. We have windows!

A view of the back and side of the house from another street.