Drywall Drywall and more Drywall

Here is the bathroom. We just need a little more tile up, but the rest is ready to go!!! The light fixtures and fan are all set and we actually have our first working switch :) It took a couple coats of primer and we were able to get the paint up.

This is the upstairs, most of the drywall up here is completed.

Here we have the cathedral ceiling in the front of the house. It is great to see things start looking like walls!!

We had an interesting situation yesterday. It has been raining all weekend but Josh needed to pick up some drywall. Therefore, he went to the Depot and purchased some plastic to place underneath and wrap around the drywall so that he could get it home without ruining it. Well....About 4 blocks from home the light turned green and away the truck went but the drywall slid right off the truck!!! I guess the plastic wrap acted as a lubricant. Luckily, his friend was with him and someone stopped to block traffic. They circled around and quickly got the drywall back in the truck without getting hit by any cars or breaking any of the pieces. I was told the loading drywall 3 times is much worse than 2. Especially because they had a load of 10 foot pieces vs. the 8 ft. pieces and you are in an extremely busy intersection.

Drywall

Here are some pictures of the drywall. Josh got most of the normal height ceilings completed today and the bathroom is about 3/4 of the way done!!! We ran out of drywall so time to call it a night :)

Some Pictures

We had an interesting weekend. Went over to the house Sat. morning and the heat would not go on! Oops, the entire furnace was frozen, apparently it could not handle the 40 below zero. All the water and condensation on the inside was frozen solid. After about 5 hours of blowdrying and a small oil heater we were back in business and it fired up. Lesson learned: we are keeping the furnace on all the time now at the minimum of 40 degrees so we don't have this problem again. Lots more insulation is going up so this should help....and we have all the windows done now including the new one that had to be cut into the bedroom wall.
Josh hooking up the last of electrical in the back of the house. Bathroom is all set to have the rest of the insulation and plumbing put in this week. There was a window in the way of the wall so this was removed and siding installed on the exterior.

Here are the switches for the great room. We have installed a switch that will control the light and fan speeds. Smart thinking considering it will be too high to reach!!

More electrical and insulation being installed in the great room. Also, the ceiling framing is now completed.

We Have Rooms!!

Here are a couple pictures to show you the progress. Josh has one bedroom completely framed, the door installed and is working on the electrical this evening.



The other wall he built will the back wall to the kitchen. This wall is shared with the bathroom and a second bedroom. The doorway will lead to the bathroom and is situated next to the second bedroom. They didn't give us the proper hardware for the 2nd bedroom so no door yet but hopefully soon!!

FINALLY!!

OK, I am finally sending you all some updated pictures on the house. You will see Josh has been hard at work insulating the loft, running necessary venting, installed the floor (obviously we will have to add some carpet) and doing some framing. He will be adding the electrical tonight and finishing up the insulation tomorrow. Also, you will see some new windows and a new back door. THANK GOODNESS a furnace!!!!

I will try to be better about updates as I really have no excuse these days. Josh is working pretty hard these days and spends about 40 hours a week on the house so we should have lots of progress. He knows he must be done before the babies arrive in 12 weeks (if we are lucky).

DEMOLITION

And so the demolition begins...Josh started on Friday.

His friend Matt was nice enough to spend the whole weekend helping him. The two of them worked until dark each night and have most of the place done. The dumpster is now about 3/4 full and Josh hopes to finish up today and tomorrow!!! Some 2x4's are left in place as supporting walls. I guess we don't want the house to collapse.

This is the loft space being constructed. Apparently it is easier to tear our a ceiling from the top down.

I stopped counting how much beer they drank, at least everyone is safe. I may have to restock the Ibuprofin though, everyone was very SORE in the morning.





I think this should be a "Dirty Jobs" episode.

Weekend

Now that the foundation is good, Josh is off and running and was able to put a full weekend in over at the house.

The basement stairs needed to be rebuilt seeing as half of them were missing so he spent all day yesterday doing that. Today was patching the roof where the chimney was removed and more plumbing. He recently had to jump off the roof though as it is dark out now and I don't think it is a good idea to use a roofing nailer in the dark!! He will have to finish up in the morning before the rain comes at noon. Luckily he was able to jump inside and work on the plumbing. The water coming into the house will now be converted to PVC and the rest of the plumbing will be ready for the tearout.

The most amazing thing is that the house is starting to smell like lumber and concrete, the stench is disappearing everyday. We hope to have the inspector out this week so we can get our dumpster and gut the place, WE CAN'T WAIT!!

I will post pictures when I can, right now I am having some difficulties with technology. Go figure, I am not so good at all this stuff.