Visible Progress

As luck would have it, one of our old neighbors is a stone mason. He's been hard at work the last few days, and doing a beautiful job. This is a synthetic stone veneer by Eldorado...Manzanita is the color. Matt wanted as close to a dry stack as possible...which aparantly is very difficult in our climate.

The plumber and HVAC crew were out working again today. We met with the concrete floor stainer yesterday - he's scheduled for Dec. 7th, assuming the house is heated by then. We also met with the woman designing our kitchen cabinetry yesterday and that all should be finalized by the end of this week.

Our completion date has been set for Feb. 1. A bit later than we were hoping, but fortunately the condo we're renting is still available until then.

We're Thankful for Progress!

It's been a while since our last post, but progress is continuing. Upon our arrival at the house on Wednesday, we were pleased to find a very busy work site. The mason was getting started on the stonework, both the HVAC and carpenter crews were hard at work, and the water from the well had been connected to the pump and house.

A view of the fireplace and future stonework from the living room. The stone will go where the black mesh has been placed.
Gus turned "1" today and started to walk this weekend. Today he took his first walk in his new bedroom! The prodema crate has been opened! Here it is shown with the cedar trim that surrounds the roof.

Baby steps

This has been a week of tying up loose ends. The wall for the stonework has been sealed up, and the stone has been delivered. An old "Beverly Road" neighbor of ours is going to be starting the stonework once the roof gets started around the chimney. Today they're placing cedar fascia around the edge of the roof. I liked the "to-do" list I found nailed to a wall this morning...written on a board!

The Fireplace

Today the fireplace was installed. That corner of the living room was a busy place at noon today, where they were also placing the final windows.

Still working on the windows...

The windows continue to go in - a bit longer process than anticipated, but they look great and will be worth the wait. Also, today the chimney got framed in. I've seen so many computerized drawings of the final house, that I almost didn't notice it - it just looked like it belonged there. I guess that's a good sign! The front living room windows and final stairway windows will go in tomorrow. On Monday the fireplace will be installed.

Progress continues!

The windows are waiting.....the upstairs ones were installed today and look great. We're pleased with the "cranberry" color. I'll try to post pics of those tomorrow. The builders were very impressed with the Loewen windows - said they were they heaviest windows they've ever installed.

The ceiling of the porch is done and the roof is being built today. These beams are the most beautiful - they're the old, reclaimed ones with many "scars," but the aged wood is so much deeper in color.

All roofed in...

On Friday the roof finally went over our living room. The ceiling looks great, and we're exited to see what a difference the windows will make this week! All of the major beams are now in place...the only roof section left to place is over the screened in porch area. Once the windows are in and the house is "closed up", we'll get going on staining the concrete floors. Here's to no more rain delays!