What a difference sheetrock makes!

Sheetrock arrives! I guess it's better to get it upstairs through a window than having to carry it up the stairs. . .

This is kind of an odd angle - but basically looking from the window that the sheetrock came through into one of the guest bedroom. In the middle are the back to back guest closets. Obviously that's now a sheetrocked wall. Everything's been sheetrocked and the upstairs has been taped. You can really feel the space of the rooms - and we love it!

Sheetrocked garage.

Yup - we have a puppy door. It's a BIG step down right now! Need another step I think.

Current view of the back side of the house - all windows are in and shingles and siding should start next week!

We are insulated!

Over the past week or so they have been putting in the insulation. The first step is shown in this picture where they blow what ends up looking like light yellow plastic on all the outside walls . It's all non-toxic though and will keep us airtight! Then all the walls are encased in a sort of webbing like fabric and the insulation is blown in (see bottom picture). This is, of course, not the technical description of the process!

It really made a huge difference in how QUIET the house is now.

Installing the flagpole

My brother Kurt and his buddy Bruce came through on Friday evening, returning from a (successful!) week of fishing in Canada. Great to have the extra man-power to get the flagpole up. It was definitely a 3-man job!

Puppy 'Jake' was on hand to ensure it was set straight! It looks great and will handle at least a couple of flags . . . we're thinking it will be an excellent way to keep the family Husky/Cougar rivalry going. I wonder if there's a flag that's purple/gold on one side and crimson/grey on the other??

Flooring Process

This is one of the manifolds for the tubing in the floor heating system. We're thinking this spot in the hallway might the warmest place in the house!

This shows what the entire main floor and upstairs looked like with the tubing winding its way through each room.

Here's Peter in the downstairs 'mechanical room'. Note that this has our very first finished wall! Lots of levers, faucets, tubing, etc. The boiler will be located here - which will heat the floors.

And this is what all the floors looked like today! All the tubing is now encased in concrete - ready for the plywood and final flooring!