The windows and doors (except the front door) are now installed! Last we looked, the windows were looking great, and we're excited to take some pictures of the back sliding door.
The rough plumbing is also nearly complete (with just a few finishing touches remaining), and the heating system installation is underway. We are still waiting for the final electrician quotes to come in today, and we will schedule this work for next week. We have scheduled the insulation work to start the following week.
We made plans for moving forward with the siding installation next week too. After speaking with Henry, we decided that the existing plywood siding will be used as the sheathing for the new Hardiplank siding. So, this means a small change to the insulation plans: Today, we removed what remained of the sheet rock walls in the newest addition (most of it had already been removed in the process of framing the new windows and the double wide back door), and now all of the insulation will be sprayed in from the interior. So, the siding work no longer needs to be coordinated with the insulation work (yay!).
We also spruced up the erosion control measures, as the the silt socks had begun to rip open. We removed the mulch from the broken silt socks and also used the remainder of the mulch we originally puchased in order to rebuild a longer silt sock that now streches across the entire driveway. We made this longer silt sock because the grass on the sides of the driveway has been compacted by vehicles, and dirt has been exposed in some places where there used to be grass. Although we do already have a silt sock around the storm drain on the street, we want to do everything we can (i.e. install redundant measures) to prevent sediment erosion from our site into the storm drain (and our rivers).
That's the scoop for this week...
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