Not much new with the house today. We did get our garage door installed, that should help with inside temperature a little bit.
I finally had time in the daylight to get a really good look at the walls and ceilings. I found a few spots in the drywall that need touching up, and one corner in a bathroom that is bowed. I told one of the guys about it, they said they’d fix it. I’ll keep my eye on those things to make sure they get it done right.
I asked about interior paint, they said maybe by the end of the week, but definitly by next week. 🙂
Bad news on the karate front…I re-injured my knee on Saturday sparring (my knees have always been bad from years of shooting). It was pretty bad over the weekend, I could barely walk on it, but it feels a little better today. Took it easy in class tonight. 7 weeks left until my test (yikes), so hopefully I can get it rested up and healed by test time.
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Got some more pictures of the shutters and siding in the daytime. The shutters look brown or black in the pictures, but they are actually maroon. The front door will be maroon once it’s painted as well.
Also have some pictures of the ceiling. Since I hadn’t been out in the daytime in about a week, I never noticed that it was finished.
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I know I’ve said this before, but they are FAST!!!
I again, went out after dark because they were there working really late. The first thing I noticed was that there were shutters on the house! They also started the installation of the front door molding and some of the trim near the roof. Then, to my great surprise, I saw that they had done siding. And not only started it, but finished it (from what I can tell in the dark)! They also must have sanded the drywall and added a coat of sealant to it. It feels smooth (I can’t feel where any of the taping/mudding is). My dad said that the coat of milky-looking paint-like stuff (I couldn’t really tell what it was b/c it was pitch black except for my camera flash) is the last step of the drywall process and they should be painting next. YAY!
Please excuse the pictures, they are really dark. I’m going out with my mom tomorrow afternoon, so I’ll get a lot better pictures then.
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Paul and I went out at 8:30pm last night. They had what looked like a propane heater in there to dry the mudding on the drywall. That provided some light (and warmth!) downstairs, but upstairs was pretty dark. We used the flash on the camera to get around, and suprisingly got some great pictures. They cleaned up their drywall mess from yesterday and taped/mudded all rooms and ceilings. I guess the next step when they finish this will be paint.
Paul and I are trying to put together a color scheme for the house. We’re thinking yellows/tans/sage greens, etc, earthy colors. We went with some reds in our last house, but I think we might veer away from that in this house, make it more livable for longer. Anyone have suggestions for the guest room? It’ll be your room if you come and stay!
We’d like to completely paint it before we move in. There’s really no sense waiting, since there won’t be any furniture, so it’ll be easy access to all the walls. Plus, we have a place to live and don’t have any sort of deadline for moving out to worry about.
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Wow they are fast! The drywall for the house was finished when I went out last night. It looks so good, so much like a house now. It looks like they did a really good job. No big gaps between pieces, nice corners and cutting around the sockets and switches.
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Looks like they finished the bricks sometime between Friday and Saturday. It looks really great. The mortar is still drying, so the bricks will appear a lot lighter in a few days. Rick, the building supervisor said that we get all our inspections for HVAC, plumbing, and electric early next week and then drywall by the end of the week. Yay!
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Yay! Our first 5-6 feet of bricks were layed (?) today. They look really good. A little dark, but I think that’s just because the mortar is still wet, making them look darker than they really are.
Check them out! Click here to see.
-ec
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The builders have done a lot this week! Today was my first time out to the house since the weekend. It looks like they’ve finished all the plumbing – everything looks ready for installation of sinks & toilets. They are working hard on wiring now. All the rooms have switch boxes and outlet boxes, and boxes in the ceilings and bathrooms for lights. The washer and dryer hookups are installed. There are wires running everywhere through the walls, in the attic…what a mess! Glad I’m not an electrician, I’d be so confused.
From our construction task completion list, looks like once they finish the plumbing and electric rough-ins, insulation and drywall are next! Woohoo!!
They still haven’t started on the bricks. Don’t know if that’s because of our crazy weather lately or that they just delivered them way early.
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-ec
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They are finished with our shingles. Roof looks good so far as I can tell *shrugs*
They did a lot of plumbing today. Looks pretty much done except pipes going to future sinks.
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Paul and I are getting away tonight for a romantical *awwwwww* night in Cincinnati. We’re going to go eat at a yummy Thai/Suishi restaurant, then spend the night at the Millennium Hotel downtown, and hit the Freedom Center tomorrow afternoon. Should make for a wonderful getaway from the ‘rents and puppy 🙂
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I found pictures of our bricks online. If you want to see what they will look like:
(unfortunatly, I can’t do a direct link to the page)
http://na.hansonbrick.com/en/homeowner/index.php
–> click “Mid-West Collection”
–> click “search by brick color”
–> click “grey”
–> choose the top middle brick (new generation)
-These are our bricks. You can also choose “view panel” on the top right and see a closeup.
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