sheetrock and the downhill

with sheetrock up, i guess you wouldn't quite say it's all downhill, but it's getting there. next step is painting, and we convinced family to come up for a weekend and paint their hearts out. thanks everyone!!
evan in the dining room:

lisa painting the guest bath:

mom painting the master bedroom (see color to left hand side):

kitchen gets a coat of benjamin moore's schooner:

trim

working on window trim to match existing, just a glimpse of evan's handiwork:

New roof and insulation

In addition to doors and windows, we also put on a new roof, pictured here. The 2nd pic is part of the back of the house with the new space. We have been praising the roof so many times as we've gotten a lot of rain this summer! The roof is weathered grey from HD and the roofers put a whole new one on (existing house+addition) in 1.5 days. Amazing!

Also, I don't have any pics, but after the framing, doors+windows, came a round of inspections including rough-ins for the plumber, electrician and HVAC. The plumber passed with flying colors, and the HVAC and electrician only needed minor "revisions" to their work to pass... then it was on to the framing inspection, which we passed on the first day (unheard of!). Then we were allowed to insulate. One LOOOONG night was spent insulating with Larry, Bev, Demas and Ev, who sweated and worked until midnight. The next morning came early at 6am, giving a little time to finish up the task before the inspection that day. The hard work paid off though, because that passed as well and we were able to call in the sheetrockers for work while we took a little vacation to the beach.

Doors and Windows

With walls framed in, we were ready for doors and windows.

Walls, what a wonderful thing.

After almost two months of slim activity, this week has been in fast forward. From looking at the slab prep on Tuesday, to the view below (walls!) on Friday, it's really been an encouraging week. On Tuesday, the slab was prepped for inspection (see slab prep post), but failed! The inspector had some specific concerns but also mentioned, "I've never seen anything like this before! How do you know the slab won't knock over the existing house when you pour it?" Oh no... drama we hadn't even thought of! Anyways, Tuesday night was a blur as we spent time (which the help of Evan's parents!) fixing his specific concerns regarding adding some flashing and insulation. On Wednesday, we passed in spection and on Thursday concrete was poured. Unfortunately I don't have any shots of this, it was also much drama involving ordering only half the concrete we actually needed (major underestimation... oops!) and torential downpour in mid-slab pour. Regardless, the guys worked hard and finished up so that the framing could start Friday. The framing of the walls has been a breeze compared to everyhing else and I am so thankful!

Here's walking into the first part of the new hallway and looking to the right. You're looking into the laundry, then beyond that is the master closet. (Brick column to remain in master closet). Off to the left of the picture is the back of the guest bath in the foreground, bumping up to the master bath farther away.
Here is looking through the front foyer of the original house, into the new hallway. The laundry room again is just to the right, the original living room (to remain) just to the left, and the hall ends in the future dining room. The middle wall at an angle will house the half bath.

Slab Prep and Painting the Foyer

As mentioned we are starting to move along with both the addition and the existing house. Pictured below is the foyer, mid way through a new paint job. The light fixture front and center in the picture is also on its way out.

Another picture of the slab prep. Putting down the vapor barrier, in preparation for the slab inspection. If you look closely you can also seee the lattice and the plaster on the exposed wall (kinda interesting).

Oh the difference a day makes...

We had a good day today on the house project. Things have been moving slow, as you can probably tell by the lack of blog posts. But today was encouraging, I dare say uplifting. Several things have happened in the past couple of days, plumbing, slab and now framing. Kelly and I walked through the half framed shell of our future home and it was fun. Inspiring to have a backdrop for you imagination. Walls just add so much that you just can't get from a drawing on a piece of paper. Two dimensions become three. And here are the pictures.


Back of the house torn off, and some in slab plumbing in place.




Next picture you can see the perimeter of the slab laid out with the wood forms.


More pictures to come.