Again, it seems like a lot has happened since yesterday.
First of all, the city inspector signed off on the plumbing today. When he was out last week, the plumbing wasn’t finished, so he only passed the electrical. So we are officially approved to move forward with insulation and drywall!
We’re using different kinds of insulation in different places, which Pete will explain in a later post. For now, the important thing is that the guy who’s doing the spray-in insulation in the garage is coming tomorrow. This is the stuff that sprays in wet and then immediately (or some approximation of that timing) dries into a styrofoam-like material. Oh yeah, I’m going to try to be over there during that bit of fun.
Also, I sent Jeff the Builder an email with the final (I hope) list of cabinets and other fixtures for the bathrooms. We still haven’t decided on the vanity for the master bathroom, but we have several ideas.
I also picked out the final ceiling fan, which was a relief, because I had been searching for months for one for our bedroom. I chose one that I saw months ago and liked, but for some reason decided to torture myself by continuing the search anyway. I also finally found sconces for the halls and lights for the bathrooms, so those things are checked off my list.
And that list? Well, it’s gone from around 90 or so things we had to pick out to less than a dozen. Of that dozen, that includes all the appliances for the kitchen. It’s been fun to shop for everything, but I’m thrilled to be nearly finished. I am officially burned out on hardware stores and tile websites and all that stuff. It feels good to finally make decisions on various things and just be DONE.
(But I am not burned out on shopping for rugs and furniture, so Pete should not relax quite yet.)
Inside, our guys got the drywall up in the garage:
And then outside they’ve been working on the siding (side of the house):
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have photos of the spray-in insulation.
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