The electricians arrived en masse this morning and started placing all the switch and receptacle boxes and the pot lights. They plan to start pulling wires next week. The electricians are very familiar with our road because they did the wiring for lot 11 and 12.

Our builder’s guys are working on the foundation and walls connecting the house to the boardhouse.

We spent much of the last 3 days in our builder’s huge workshop painting the trim and fascia boards. Here is Joyce just finishing up her last board.

Yesterday we took this picture from the end of our dock.

The work continues with the Excavation company now filling the large hole that they dug in the fall. Many dump trucks have been bring in loads of gravel. Our builder’s guys are installing the soffits. Inside the house the plumber has been busy installing the water and sewer pipes. According to our builder he should be finished tomorrow.

We spent the day purchasing and painting the trim and facia boards. Probably another day will be needed to get them done.

Here is a picture that Sandra Broughton provided taken from the lake side:

The windows and doors were delivered today. Some windows have been installed and the doors should go in soon.  The builder is also putting the run-off drainage system in place.

The Ventilation person has been installing the HRV system. The plumber and electrician are expected to start soon. We are going to Summerland next week to paint trim boards, install the rough-in for the central vacuum system and run the data comm, telephone and TV cables.

As we move along, the number of questions from our builder and information needed for the trades people has been increasing dramatically. Sometimes answers are required a little quicker than we would like.

We finally got our Hydro bill for December and January when heating was required for the concrete pours. Since the bill was 2 weeks late we called  Hydro and were told that they hadn’t released the bill because they were investigating why the consumption was so high. Building a concrete building over the winter should be avoided if at all possible.

When we at our place at the end of last week, we took these pictures.

Looking at the house from lake level

Looking towards the kitchen

Looking into the great room

On our 4 day trip up to Summerland we met with our contractor and the electrician. With the electrician we went through each room to determine the placement of switches, receptacles, lights, heaters and thermostats. We also visited many stores to start making finishing decisions. We selected the colours of the soffits, roof shingles, Hardie Board and trim. We found flooring which we think will work well. We also looked at plumbing fixtures but need to discuss our choices with the plumber.

All the second exterior walls have been erected and the roof trusses have been installed. Work is also proceeding on the first floor internal partitions. The supply line feeding the electrical panel is in. The backfilling around the house has now started. Unfortunately the geo-tech is requiring that a rock mixture is used for the backfilling – our builder was hoping to be able to backfill with free material.

Our builder is now wanting us to make a whole lot of decisions about materials and colours to be used. We are meeting with the electrician tomorrow to go over where switches, receptacles, light fixtures and electric heaters will go. Our builder wants to get the roofing done soon and have the trades start next week.

The new webcam is up and running so hopefully we will get some pictures of the progress as seen from outside the house.