July 13-17
I set up a folding camp chair in the corner of the bonus room to see what it was like as a reading spot – light behind you for reading and fresh air and a view in front of you. I think I like it 🙂
The venting skylight gets the late afternoon sun. The existing skylights on the other side get morning light. Did I mention I like windows?
Continue reading Week 18: Bathroom cabinets, stair railings, templating
July 6 – 10
Monday: Beautiful floor is covered again with RamBoard (cardboard to protect the floor from dings and scratches). Cabinet install comes to a halt after water stop cocks in hall bath leak after re-installation. The plumber will replace them when he comes to install the sink but they’re plugged for now.
Tile guy arrives at lunchtime and finishes area around window and bullnose on pony wall edges. Grouting tomorrow.
Continue reading Week 17: Cabinets, grout, cork flooring, closets
June 29 – July 3
Monday: Morning zoo, afternoon silence! The painters (not a full crew) were finishing up initial wall painting in the bonus room and walls in the hall by the family room. The kitchen cabinets were delivered, unloaded and piled up in the family room. The hardwood floor crew (2) arrived as did the tile guy for the master bathroom! Continue reading Week 16: Cabinets, hardwood floor, bathroom tile
June 22-26
Monday: Trim for two remaining kitchen windows. Painters caulked, sanded and primed new trim. Continue reading Week 15: Skylight, paint, trim, skylight?
We moved into the house at the end of February 2000 and it has gone through many changes (I think improvements!) in the 15 years since. As I was looking at the new windows go in for the 2015 remodel, I started collecting the various “ages and stages” pictures for the back of the house and garden. Continue reading Evolution of the house since February 2000 – rear
June 15 – 19
Monday: The featured image is the skylights-to-be, in the hope that the roofer will be here on Friday to install the Velux skylights. The large one will be an opening solar skylight (like the others we installed last year to replace the fixed ones original to the house). The two narrow ones are fixed (cables in the rafters would be expensive to move, so this was a cost-effective compromise). Continue reading Week 14: sanding, texture, primer, caulk, paint
June 8-12
Monday: Windows delivered. Taper arrives mid morning -just one person, not a crew (he was sent on another job first). Continue reading Week 13: drywall taping, window installation
June 1-5
Monday: Sheetrock guys didn’t show until about 11:30am, then only brought in materials and papered the floors. Under two hours and they were off! Continue reading Week 12: drywall, skylight framing, taping?
May 25 – 29
Monday: Memorial Day holiday, so no workers today, but we have to rearrange the bedroom to clear a floor joist that the cooktop vent ducting will go in. Continue reading Week 11: framing, HVAC, electrical, cabinet measurements
May 18 – 22
Monday: A noisy week begins – multiple rooms, multiple crews of people and very little quiet. Framing in master bathroom and electrical rough-in continues. Continue reading Week 10: framing, plumbing & electrical rough-in
