Day - 89 Progress Progress Progress

Lots of things to update you on. Today we had our weekly meeting and decided on the final design for downstairs cabinets and the upstairs vanity. We also went over what had been completed during the week and what is coming up next week. We also decided that we need to get paint and stain colors finalized in the next few days. We are less than 3 weeks away from bringing home our new baby boy so we want to make all of the decisions to get us to the end of the project sooner rather than later.

Last window (one with the tempered glass) was installed today. The railing for the parking shelter was constructed along with a column for support on the open side. Also the guys installed the concrete caps on the brick piers in the parking shelter and installed the final columns on these as well. After they finished work on the car shelter they spread a few tons of topsoil in between the strips of the drive and gave the area a finished look.

We passed the framing and electrical inspection so the guys from the insulation company were back today and finalized the insulation installation. With the insulation installed the guys put up the osb walls for my workshop. Tomorrow the sheet rock will start.

Levi, took on the task of planing down the 130 year old beam we removed from the house and started construction on the mantel this morning. By this evening it was mounted above the fireplace and now the stone mason can begin laying the 6 inch Tennessee field stone.

The electrician put up 4 florescent lights today 3 in the workshop and 1 in the outdoor storage room.

The plumber installed our noritz tankless gas water heater 2 days ago and it is working great. We now have hot water forever. Really! it never runs out. Good thing because I think Vanessa's claw foot tub holds about 75 gallons of water.

Over the weekend I ran speaker cable (200ft) for 7.2 surround sound. Now all I need is a receiver and speakers capable of this technology. Tonight I put up 200ft of cat6 cable. Some for Internet and some for the HDMI signal to the TV.

Earlier this week the guys put the screen porch back together and also constructed a landing for the door off of the family gathering area and the screen porch exit. The back yard is finally getting put back together! The guys also constructed the door for the crawl space and trimmed it with thick treated lumber so I can install a handle and deadbolt lock. Finally the framing for the pocket door in the owners suite bath was completed. I am sure I am missing something, but I will mention it later, I promise. The last thing I did tonight was put my car in the driveway, because I could.