As you can see, we now have a door on the new part of the basement.
Gary and Jimmy also installed the washer and dryer -- at which point Bud discovered that we were missing one of the adjustable feet on the dryer. So he went to Lowe's and was able to come right back with one!
The painters were at work on the front porch today, so it's nice and crisp white. Harold Wayne is supposed to be back next week to install the tile out there.
The gutterers hope be here Thursday, and I'm sure I'm hoping harder than they are. I might cry if we have to let another weekend pass without being able to start moving in!
Tomorrow could be exciting. The post caps for the columns should be in. (Can't believe it's already been three weeks since we ordered those.) Kathy is scheduled to do her first round of cleaning upstairs.
And the dining room table is refinished and ready to be picked up. I'm not sure where we'll put it -- too bad we're not finished with the final inspection -- but I'm excited to see it!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Day 390: Sept. 29, 2008
Using 197 blocks, Bud, Gary and Jimmy built the retaining wall under the deck today.
Meanwhile, Jesse passed the final electrical inspection.
Now all that's left is the overall final inspection. Before we can get that, Gary and Jimmy have put an entry door on the area under the great room. Gary has some quarter-round molding to install in the house. And the gutter subcontractors have to do their thing.
Please let all of that, including the inspection, be finished by the end of the week!
Meanwhile, Jesse passed the final electrical inspection.
Now all that's left is the overall final inspection. Before we can get that, Gary and Jimmy have put an entry door on the area under the great room. Gary has some quarter-round molding to install in the house. And the gutter subcontractors have to do their thing.
Please let all of that, including the inspection, be finished by the end of the week!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Day 389: Sept. 28, 2008
Nothing to report, except that the Raiders are actually winning at the moment.
The photo, from several days ago, is another of the wild cats from our back yard. This one we may call "Leaf." (Can't do the spelled-like-a-name "Leif" because that's pronounced layf, right?)
Anyway, before this picture, we had a lengthy discussion about whether that thing lying by the tree was a cat or a pile of leaves. I voted leaves.
The photo, from several days ago, is another of the wild cats from our back yard. This one we may call "Leaf." (Can't do the spelled-like-a-name "Leif" because that's pronounced layf, right?)
Anyway, before this picture, we had a lengthy discussion about whether that thing lying by the tree was a cat or a pile of leaves. I voted leaves.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Day 388: Sept. 27, 2008
After a relaxing morning and an afternoon ride, we're watching Kentucky overpower Western Kentucky. Yay.
Nothing to report housewise, except that everything seems undisturbed despite a lot of extra foot traffic nearby because a festival downtown this weekend.
The picture is the steps that will lead to the under-deck patio from just outside the garage entry door. We didn't get them from our usual materials supplier because their only set was chipped on one corner.
So Bud had to go out of town to find these last week, and when he got back, the guys discovered that the steps are so heavy and unwieldy that manpower alone (even though we had a lot of it) wasn't enough to get them unloaded from the back of his truck.
Our usual supplier was nice enough to send a forklift over to save the day (also probably saving Bud, Jimmy, Gary and the painters from serious injury).
Nothing to report housewise, except that everything seems undisturbed despite a lot of extra foot traffic nearby because a festival downtown this weekend.
The picture is the steps that will lead to the under-deck patio from just outside the garage entry door. We didn't get them from our usual materials supplier because their only set was chipped on one corner.
So Bud had to go out of town to find these last week, and when he got back, the guys discovered that the steps are so heavy and unwieldy that manpower alone (even though we had a lot of it) wasn't enough to get them unloaded from the back of his truck.
Our usual supplier was nice enough to send a forklift over to save the day (also probably saving Bud, Jimmy, Gary and the painters from serious injury).
Friday, September 26, 2008
Day 387: Sept. 26, 2008
Painting and deck stuff. Other miscellaneous things, like the guys hung the mirror in the closet room.
Now that the great-room floor has dried, it turns out that the spot is still there. So it looks like Chester's coming back again.
The picture is the blocks that will form a retaining wall around the patio under the deck. That's on the agenda for next week.
Now that the great-room floor has dried, it turns out that the spot is still there. So it looks like Chester's coming back again.
The picture is the blocks that will form a retaining wall around the patio under the deck. That's on the agenda for next week.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Day 386: Sept. 25, 2008
Bud picked up some pre-cast concrete steps for the patio under the deck today. Gary and Jimmy continued deck work.
Two of the painters stayed at work staining the underside of the deck, while Robert painted and caulked the half-moon attic window.
Chester stopped by in the afternoon and refinished the great room floor. Jesse checked all the wiring in the kitchen.
Bud and I walked through a house a couple of doors down that will be auctioned next weekend. A couple of owners ago, it belonged to his other grandparents, his mother's parents.
Two of the painters stayed at work staining the underside of the deck, while Robert painted and caulked the half-moon attic window.
Chester stopped by in the afternoon and refinished the great room floor. Jesse checked all the wiring in the kitchen.
Bud and I walked through a house a couple of doors down that will be auctioned next weekend. A couple of owners ago, it belonged to his other grandparents, his mother's parents.
Day 385: Sept. 24, 2008
We now have all three central units -- the original one, which controls the original furnace and the temperature in the first floor of the old part of the house; a new one to control the entire upstairs; and a second new one to control the addition. Here's hoping they're all very efficient.
Jesse is supposed to return Thursday to do the electrical part, so it's possible that we'll have air conditioning by tomorrow afternoon.
I chose a fabric and ordered the window seat for the closet room. It should be ready in a couple of weeks at most, I think.
Chester, the floor guy, apparently made it back yesterday afternoon. He installed the thresholds, which look good -- although we may need to do a little something to even up the one between the original house and the kitchen.
He also took a shot at fixing the pool of urethane in the living room. That didn't work out so well, so he's going to come back and reseal the whole floor.
Jesse is supposed to return Thursday to do the electrical part, so it's possible that we'll have air conditioning by tomorrow afternoon.
I chose a fabric and ordered the window seat for the closet room. It should be ready in a couple of weeks at most, I think.
Chester, the floor guy, apparently made it back yesterday afternoon. He installed the thresholds, which look good -- although we may need to do a little something to even up the one between the original house and the kitchen.
He also took a shot at fixing the pool of urethane in the living room. That didn't work out so well, so he's going to come back and reseal the whole floor.
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