Skylights!

After a very long wait, our skylights finally arrived yesterday! There are seven in all -- four ganged over the stairwell (those are the ones in the photo), two in the peaked roof in the living room, and one in the third-floor bathroom. It may seem like a lot, but when you don't have any windows on one side of the house and only a few on the other side, roof windows start looking like a good option. We're looking forward to seeing the ones in the living room installed tomorrow. It will be very nice to finally know how much light we can look forward to in that room.

In other news, the water meter has been installed, the siding is progressing, and 18 tonnes of gravel have been poured into the basement. To finish the basement floor, three inches of insulation will be added, followed by wire mesh, the tubes for the radiant in-floor heating, and four inches of concrete. In preparation for the drywallers, the roof will be tested for leaks, extra blocking will be added to some of the walls where we plan to put shelving and grab bars (the things that will keep us from falling in the shower when we're old), the gaps in the insulation will be fixed, and a couple of doors will be reframed to the right height.

Forward, ho!