We're gonna have to fix that: October 2011

Even if we put all our effort in the house to move by mid october, we had to face reality pretty soon and change our plan.

We got a lot of the framing done on Labor Day weekend, but we were only half the way. None of the plumbing was yet in place and all knobs and tube needed to be replaced by the end of the month in order to get our insurance to cover us. On top of that we needed to schedule inspections, a drywall crew, and a flooring crew.

Eric's direction for Todd. Can't wait to see our bathroom completed!

Cole helping finishing blocking. Thanks!

The whole week after Labor day we worked until midnight almost every day. We made some neighbors unhappy (we apologized with wine bottles), used up most of our energies, and had to put the drywall guys on hold fir a few days, but in the end it paid off. We probably got the mellowest inspector on the city’s payroll. He came in fairly late in the afternoon and made it clear immediately that he didn’t have much time. He took a fast look around to our unfinished framing and electrical and didn’t pay much attention to the inexistent plumbing; he gave us a nice speech about his faith in people and provided some technical advice on how to do things, checking every now and then that we knew what he was talking about. After he was done talking he signed off the permit gave us permission to send him pictures of the insulation and told us to make an appointment with him to check the nailing on the driwall. We didn’t believe we were going to pass the inspection, what a treat!

That inspector was a life saver. Passing the inspection made us able to slow down the pace a bit. We focused on framing for a few days and get everything ready for the drywall. While Charlie was taping and mudding Todd took care of some plumbing and got us disconnected from the old nob and tube. We got our new panel running just in time before the insurance’s deadline.

The remodeled rooms have all electrical boxes set up...time for insulation

And after insulation comes sheering

Getting the panel done also marked the end of Todd’s full time commitment. He had some other jobs starting and we are only going to have him in his free time from time from now on. Enough to get us moved in by the end of October -we already gave notice to our apartment,so no more rescheduling.

So far we got temporary lights in most of the rooms and a couple temporary plugs, our walls are primed and the bathroom fixtures are on the way. This past weekend we got the roof patched, the garage roof sealed and the some temporary kitchen cabinets in place. we also built some shelves and reorganized the basement. The task of the week is prepping the master bedroom and bathroom’s window to be set, stripping the paint off the rest of the windows in the house, and maybe get new fan boxes in the kitchen and the living room since they are pitch black right now. We are also getting close to pick paint colors...so looking forward to that! The flooring crew will come in next week to patch the floor in the master bedroom and refinish the hardwood floors in the rest of the house. During that time we will probably rewire the old plugs and add some new ones, and of course we will have to start packing! There is going to be a lot more work to do after we move in, but finally seeing the house coming together is incredibly rewarding!