Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Cement Stairs, Tiling, Cabinets, Heating, Electrical hookup, and Trimwork+Doors

Here is my mom and Suzy (remember, she found this property for me) walking out of the house. Mom had setup another meeting with a closet maker. Along with my dad's work, she has really helped contribute to setting up meetings, lining things up (like the upcoming fence quotes), financial bookkeeping, and helping me and my dad out with planning.



Pretty cool sunset.



Cabinets are going in at a pretty good pace.



Beginning of the kitchen upstairs.




The kitchenette downstairs.



Here is my mom at work talking to the cabinet guy Igor. She knows exactly what she wants, as you can see by her posture.



The partially installed hot water tankless boiler (mounted on the wall), with the 80 gallon reservoir (used for large draws in the house), was assembled. Hopefully for most of the time the reservoir can store the water at a nominal temperature, and the tankless can handle most situations.




Lots of gauges and levers for gas, and reciprocal (?) heating.



Below are pictures of the bathroom upstairs being worked on for the tile installation. The red and green colors are sealant for the cement board to protect from water.



This is the partially completed large tile installation of the master shower.




And here is the setup inside the master bath for the cutting of the tile.








The permanent power was finally turned on by the Power company. So now we have power for the inside of the house. Next to it is the temporary pole.



The outside stairs (at least the cement parts) are being constructed, readying for the pour soon. Geoff also poured a top level cement piece in the back to get up to the gravel grade.







Trim for things like the attic and doors, along with priming the doors, were completed recently. Most of the trim has been mitered, sanded down at the joints and re primed, and caulked.







Dad hard at work.





The work completion is accelerating. Recently delivered was the decking. Painting out of the trim and doors are whats next on the agenda.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Progress on Cabinets

All but three of the doors have been installed, the frames "trued," and doors cut to allow for hardwood flooring to be installed. The window and door jam nail holes, along with stair skirting, have been filled and touch sanded.

Dave Fahey came over and adjusted the windows, replace one, and delivered some glass panes for inside the house.

The outside cement work is coming along, with the back framed out for a pour, and the front being pieced together for the stairs.

About a third of the cabinets have been installed. They are really nice oak pieces. The first one is one side of the family room.



This is the downstairs basement bathroom. There are four drawers instead on 3 on each side. I think this has to be changed.



A picture of the "remodel" house on the corner. Pretty cool - cement has been applied to the outside, I wonder what color it will be?



Master bath hanging cabinets





Laundry room uninstalled cabinet



Not sure what this one is, or where it goes.



Mini bar cabinet