Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Quick (photo-free) update

If all goes according to plan, the next few days will be good ones. Our water meter is to be installed tomorrow, so we will finally have a water supply to the house. The guys are working on finishing the siding on the northwest side and rear of the house by Friday. Our skylights -- long overdue -- are supposed to arrive tomorrow and be installed. Once the skylights are in, the drywall can begin. The drywall that is currently stacked in various rooms will then actually become walls, and there will be a little more room for the guys to move around.

The long sequence of work required to get the floors fixed and finished will begin this week. First, all of the connections for the in-floor heating need to be established, and the manifolds need to be installed. Once this is complete, the floor must be heated for three days. After that, the DaroTopp installers can return to correct the deficiencies in the concrete floor. Finally, the finishers will come in to grind the floors down and apply the epoxy and urethane coats. We hope that the floors will be finished soon, since a lot of work depends on them being done (e.g. installation of all of our bathroom fixtures, kitchen cabinets, etc.).

There's more going on this week, but I am typing in a room that is about 100 degrees, so I'm afraid this is all I can muster. Until next time...

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