Nineteen days into the project and all the plumbing infrastructure, heating and electrical work is complete and ready for inspection next week. Unfortunately, the rain couldn't hold off just one more week, so we are going to have to postpone the new roof for an additional week (let's hope it's only a week).
I took off work a little early today to pick up the last bunch of plumbing fixtures that was finally delivered. I also met with Garth to finalize and order the tile as well as go over the door swing layout (which way we wanted the doors to open) as well as blocking for the bathroom accessories (i.e., where he's going to put some wood behind the drywall, so when we affix the the towel racks, etc., it all gets fastened to wood instead of just weak drywall). It's amazing all the little things you have to think about when doing a remodel - I should have started a count on how many different decisions (big and small) we had to make through this process.
We did have one disappointment this week. We were hoping to get a nice skylight into our master bath. Unfortunately, the location and layout of the skylight did not work with the roof structure, so we had to settle for a sun tunnel instead. We'll still get some nice natural light into the master bath area, but it won't be exactly how we imagined it - oh well, this is how it goes with remodels.
As I approached the house today I found Garth (right) and Tony the roofer checking out the roof top and talking strategy on getting ready for the rain.
Carpet was removed from all the rooms today with the exception of the living room. Here's a shot of our family room w/o carpet. As noted earlier in the blog, we found hardwood in all the other parts of the house with the exception of the one area we wanted it - the family room. Here, we have really ugly linoleum. Garth also noted some unevenness in the floor (which would be an issue for our planned hardwood), so he'll have to see what we have here after they rip off the linoleum on Monday.
Unfortunately, the previous renovators glued down the linoleum in the kitchen (floor on right side of picture), which is going to cause significant issues in putting in the new tile. Since we are not redoing the kitchen (other than the floor), they are going to have to figure out how to remove the linoleum w/o damaging the cabinet kickboards. Garth's not sure yet how they are going to handle this one, so we'll see what happens (ooohhhh, drama in the story line!).
Closet where our old furnace used to be. They've boarded up the hole where the duct used to run out into the crawl space. This area will get new hardwood when it's installed. Note however the gas pipe on the left - they're still going to have to figure out what to do with that.
Another look into the kids new bathroom. With the piping and lighting structure in place, you can start to get a better idea of the future bathroom.
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