Saturday, October 24, 2009

Two Weeks to Go!

I'm in a relative panic, as the move date is set for November 9th and many things still have to be done. Current status on critical areas:
  • The electric is about 85% completed. True Blue Electric has done a great job, and I would recommend them to anyone needing electrical work. It will take them one more day to finish things up, and I want to wait because of all the ceiling fans which are left to be installed. There are still too many contractors on site carrying ladders and other long objects which could easily smash the heck out of a ceiling fan.
  • All the floors are in and just have a little finishing work to be done (like sealing the grout in the kitchen and bath, and putting in transition pieces after the doors are installed).
  • Speaking of the DOORS, the interior doors were ordered through Home Depot. The order has been delayed twice by two weeks each time. I'm kind of running out of time. I'm promised they'll be here by the end of this week, but in the meantime, the carpenters hired to install them aren't available after this week.
  • The window finishing has been coming along. Jeffrey hired two carpenters to finish the windows, since it was taking so long. Paul and Bevin have been doing a great job, and are nearly done. I have all the finishing work yet to do (filling in the nail holes, staining, and varnishing).
  • The back landing and garage slab may be done this coming week. I need the back landing put in; the yard is a sea of mud.
  • I have the VAST Permeable Pavers for the front walkway, but it's been raining and is too muddy to dig the foundations out for them.
  • All the appliances have been ordered and are here or will be this week. The kitchen countertops should go in this week. I'm staining the new cabinets to match the old this weekend.
  • The boiler and hot water heater are in and working. Innovative Power Systems, who is doing the solar thermal, has had the panels on the roof since spring. Hopefully, they'll get them hooked up and working this week. They had to wait until the boiler and hot water heater were in.
  • The clay plastering is coming along. The upstairs level is done except for compressing the clay. The lower level has the first coat on in the bedroom and office, and both coats in the living room.
  • Landscaping is going to have to wait until next summer.

Below are the boiler and hot water heater (on demand), all hooked up. With all the valves, it looks like the mechanics in a sumbarine.


The bamboo floors upstairs.


1 comment:

Aunt Mary said...

Howdy - been enjoying your blog and looking forward to hearing how things are going. I know this must be crunch time for you and hope all is going well for you.