Drywall = the Downhill Slope !

And we have drywall! The week of September 10-14 2007 saw much interior progress, with drywall going up throughout most of the house. Almost the whole first floor was completed (except the master shower area, which will need cement board or some such product). And on the second floor, about half of it was done. So, the week of the 17th should see the drywalling completed. Also, Aaron Langille has been hired to do the "crack-filling" on the job. Here are a few photos taken this weekend........this first one is looking into the master bedroom toward the door leading to the deck...





This shot is looking into the kitchen from the front entryway. You can see the flat wall overhead at the top of the photo...it leads up to the top of the sloping ceiling. Also of note - the floors are all cement now, poured on Tuesday last week over the radiant floor heat system of PEX tubing.









This is the manifold that is in the ceiling of the master shower, to feed the 4-headed "shower tile" that I bought for in there.

This video was taken while standing in the master bedroom, panning from looking out the window to the deck, past the doorway to the living room, past the walk-in closet, and ending looking in toward the master bathroom and shower.

Ready for a Floor

We are now well into September, and the outside of the house almost looks like a finished house. The siding is virtually complete, and the railing has been started around the decks. Also, Eric the plumber has been in and prepped the floors for the cement to be poured, which is supposed to happen on September 11th. Here's a few recent shots.







This shot is of the radiant PEX tubing installed in the master bathroom. The farthest away area is the shower.














The basement walls that are above ground level had to be insulated to meet local building code requirements.
















Here's a shot of the deck with some of the new railing, taken from the future doorway to the screen porch.











This shot is taken from the area where the septic field was installed. The river is beyond the house and the tall line of trees.








Jeremy and Steve are finishing up some of the trim work outside the master bedroom.












Another shot of the new railing along the deck, from up close.......













And from back a bit - this is how it looks when you come in the driveway.

Much Progress - Screen Porch, Electrical, Plumbing

The last week of August was a productive one for D. Gullens Carpentry! The screen porch has been framed up and most of the siding has been installed. Also, the architectural framing that goes over the deck on the kitchen side of the house has been nailed in place. One more major step toward completion!






I also have a few interior shots showing some of the recent wiring work in place, and also some of the rough plumbing. This picture is in the basement, in the corner where most of the mechanical equipment will be located. The electrician has terminated his wiring here, where the breaker panel will be, as have the structured wiring people (stereo, home theatre, satellite, etc.). The white box hanging down with the silver tubing is an air exchanger unit, which is required in Nova Scotia.





This picture is in the main wall in the living room, with the home theatre wiring and satellite wiring all in place. And the close-up shows this is a busy wall space!






















This is one of the 4 pot lights going into the living room ceiling.............






















And this is looking toward the new screen porch, looking toward the river from the deck in front of the living room windows.





This red stuff is called PEX tubing. It is what will carry the liquid for the the radiant floor heat, when it gets embedded in the cement floor that will be poured on the main floor of the house, in a week or so.







On the second floor of the house, the tub is in place, and the red and blue tubing is what they use nowadays instead of copper pipe. This red and blue tubing is all going to connect in the basement to a big manifold to distribute the water everywhere. The single red PEX tube coming out of the floor beside the tub is one of 2 tubes for the baseboard heater, run off the same system as the radiant floor heat on the main floor of the house. Instead of having radiant floor heat on the second floor, I opted to go this route (less $$$).

And finally, this is a shot looking at the ceiling of the new screen porch. I've asked Dave to see if he can make the ceiling not totally flat, - like maybe do a vaulted veiling of some type. We'll see what he comes up with.