Our builder’s crews continues to work on the installation of the hardie plank. They have done the road and back sides and have started on the deck potion. The drywallers seem to have completed the boarding but weren’t there today to work on the filler.
Lots of activity going on, The drywall people have boarded all of the upper floor and several of the lower bedrooms. They will be mudding for next week or so. Then the painter will need to do the undercoat and first coat of finish paint. This is a slight delay from what our builder had expected so we pushed floor installation back to the week after Easter.
Our builder’s crew have been installing the Hardie plank on the north and west side of the building. We decided to add a belly band to breakup the Hardie plank. The belly band will be painted the same colour as the trim.
The deck people worked the weekend installing the deck surface.
We met with a railing supplier on Saturday and will be getting a quote for our railings on Monday.
The insulation people were in over the weekend working inside. The weather finally warmed up enough to allow application of the insulation that goes under the deck.
The drywall people delivered the drywall and loaded it into the building. They needed to remove a bedroom window to get it inside.
All power, data, cable and telephone wires are in. The insulation people are on-site making the place all pink and warm. The heaters are on and the inside is already feeling much more comfy.
The excavating company was in moving material and back filling the area around the pump room. Our contractor is working out how to frame the pump room so it supports the deck above it. The structural engineer left that detail to the builder.
The Hardie plank siding has been order and delivery is planned for early next week.
Our builder’s crew continued to work on the outside of the building. The stairs leading from the side deck to the yard were put in place. Inside, the electricians have started doing the rough-in wiring. They expect to be finished by Tuesday afternoon.
The weather finally warmed up enough to pour the footings and foundation for the pump room. However, the structural engineer is still requiring that the forms be covered with tarps and heaters run.
We received quotes from two companies to do stucco on the exterior walls up to the top of the first floor. The quotes were much higher than expected and it appears that it will be cheaper to use Hardie board as we had originally planned.
Today our builder’s crew put up the fascia boards in preparation for the start of roofing. They also covered the deck roof posts with the smart board that we painted last week.
There has been a large percentage of the soffits installed including under the deck roof,
We ordered our flooring and paid some of the deposit. The floor installation is tentatively set for second week of April.
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