Catch-up! Weeks 12-14

Okay - it has been a really busy month finishing school and getting ready to move so we've gotten a bit behind on the blog. But the progress on the house has been proceeding at a fast pace! The other day we were out there and there were probably half a dozen trucks out front and crowding the park down the street.

Since the last update we got insulation, the drywall crew came in, a trench was dug, an excavator invaded the yard and our posts were installed.

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Insulation went up really quickly, they were in and out in about two days. The new fiberglass is a far cry from the sharp stuff I remember putting into the cottage as a kid. Back then there were actual shards of glass that would get stuck in your hands. These days it's almost as smooth as cotton! The guy putting it in didn't wear any gloves or a mask! We made a last minute change and decided not to reuse the old bathtub, the plumber got us a new one and install both the tub and shower in the kids' bathrooms. Drywall arrived in huge 12' sheets, there must have been 5000 lbs of it stacked around the house.

Electrical guys came back to start connecting us up to the powerline - we need buried lines for our renovation, so they had to dig a trench across our neighbor's property up to ours. We had a little problem along the way... remember the oil tank? He wasn't alone, yup, we found another abandoned tank... probably 60 years old... half full oil...

Trench for power, phone and cable.

Our little friend #2... unbelievable...

Show must go on, so while the excavators were digging up the oil tank, they also took a spell removing our front patio, somehow they got their excavator through the carport down in front of the house, then they did a little tour along in front of the house. Check out the video below (takes a minute to download).

Roofing guys were having a blast adding the skylights - they use torches to melt the new roofing material down onto the old one to create a waterproof seal. The skylights look amazing, they bring so much light into the  house.

And finally the columns have been installed - they look great!

Check out the interactive panorama as well, the room is really starting to take shape. The house was about 90 degrees today, they have heaters and fans all over to dry all the taping on the drywall.