Paint, Paint go away!

I didn't dare post last week. My hands were so covered in paint I feared for the safety of the computer. I still have a little paint on me but we are about 85% finished. A few ceilings and touch up before we can call it DONE! I started with my children's bedrooms, mostly because they had their color picked out. Just a warning. The stripes, harder than you might think, but it did turn out cute.

The brick is also at about 80%. Three sides and a 1/3 of the front. When the brick first arrived I pulled a few out and looked at them, unsure if I liked them I was hesitant but wasn't willing to wait another three weeks to start. After a few rows were up, I felt a little better. With it mostly complete now, I AM VERY pleased. The color lends its self to the design of my house.
What comes next? I think it's my floor, then doors, trim, final electrical, final plumbing....and...and...When does it end?
I'm really looking forward to it coming together and even more, Moving IN!! I can't wait to show you my floors.

My hair isn't that gray...yet

Our brick guy is awesome! He finished the north side of our house this week. I really like how the door looks with the lintel over it. What do you think?

Monday being a holiday I didn't have work so I applied primer to our storage room. We purchased a tinted primer and I was surprised at how dark it was but it made applying it much easier. I finished the storage room and the closet under the stairs and had just enough time to make dinner that night.

When I arrived home from work on Wednesday it was confirmed that the sheet rockers were finished. My husband had Friday off so we asked our contractor if we could start painting. After a phone conversation regarding our doors being back-ordered we rolled out the roller. Thursday night we wiped down the walls. Friday the fun began. In the time I'd spent on two rooms (technically 1.5) we'd put primer on most of the upstairs walls, thanks to our friend Scott Seely, of Dax Welding, who loaned us a sprayer.

Saturday I had some commitments in the morning but we started up again and were able to finish all but a few walls in the basement when night forced us to quit. I'm hoping we can finish both paint and primer this week but with work schedules, who knows.

Bonus room above the garage, just needs the ceiling sprayed.

I am amazed how well the paint washed out of my hair. It's back to it's natural color again. This process may cause my hair to become gray prematurely.

WOW!! Need I say more

 

Front view (do you like the Transom over my door? Who knew I'd learn a whole new vocabulary?)

Sorry I didn't report last week. School started and I didn't make the time. There wasn't a whole lot to report anyway. The plumping was still a work in progress. The electrical was finished and we have now passed the 4 way inspection (HVAC, plumbing, electrical and gas?).

On to this past week. While my children and I headed back to school/work many obvious strides were made. All the windows and doors have been installed. We ordered our cabinets. (Side note: our cabinet guy sold Karl Malone the cabinets for his house. I learned that last week.)

The brick started going up on the back wall. Then Friday morning I went to work and returned home to see that almost all the sheetrock had been hung. They came back Saturday for a few hours and are ready to tape and mud. I guess there was another inspection today and that can start tomorrow. I'm amazed at how quickly that went up. Good work guys!

Sheetrock all ready for tape.

Anticipated progress for this week: More brick, mud and tape sheetrock...then what??? I'll have to wait and see.

Thanks everyone for your support! And extra thanks to all the awesome workers we've had. Our brick guys is great often the first here and last to leave.



Our brick. The gray over the top is called a lentil. The word brings to mind split peas and the like.
THANKS Capstone in MANTI UT for making them so nice (and quickly).

Cleaning can be painful

When my contractor started with my house they often worked 10 to 12 hour days. After such a day one of the framers started cleaning up scraps and such. It was eight in the evening. So I started cleaning up. Since then We've voluntarily cleaned up. Sometimes not getting to it until the weekend but I'd rather my workers use the time they are here to work. With all the drilling for the electrical, plumbing, and HVAC we didn't clean this week. The floor was littered with sawdust, metal clippings, pieces of pipe, and the like. It was past time to clean. We pulled out the broom, shovel and buckets. It took much longer than ever before and I now have two large blisters on my hand. I can't complain much. If I'd kept up with it I wouldn't have had to sweep the entire house top to bottom in one evening.

The good news...It's all clean. Much of the electrical, plumping and HVAC is run. Windows and doors hopefully this week, then brick next week. Soon it will look all complete on the outside and the tedious work begins. I'm still pleased with the progress and I hope it will continue without major delays.

 

coming soon..."I can't sleep it's too dark"

Dreams do come true

Without too much more rain. We have a roof. It looks really nice even though I had no say in the planning. The roofer stopped by while I was in the shower and my husband picked out the color. My contractor had them add a good looking ridge liner (I can't remember what he called it). And the best part...from start to finish done in a week. It isn't a huge or complicated roof so no surprise that they were so efficient but I really appreciate it.
          
Custom Electric is doing a great job with wiring and have been very understanding of my requests. I want what I want and they seem to be able to handle that. My goal is to not be the worst homeowner they've ever worked with.
        
Hill Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC guys) have also complied to my wishes even after running things differently than approved they moved them without complaint (at least to me).

Of course rain can still come in the holes that are our windows and doors. those are being ordered and will be in within a couple weeks. All in all we are still going rather well. As far as I know still on schedule and should be moving in by our deadline.

YAY! Roof!  YAY!! Progress!

Good ol' fashion barn...er deck raising

As hoped, here is the deck lifting video. The sound is really cool. It creaks like a haunted house door. My contractor lifted it with a cable attached to the back of his truck. I'm sad we didn't get to see it since we weren't home. We missed most of the crane lifting the trusses as well. Man, life gets in the way of watching my house be built.

The roof has been sheeted and the electrical is being run. I have finally been up into my bonus room. The extra space that may have been filled with insulation and used for nothing else has changed a lot of the rest of the house. AND made it more efficient. In the walls will be built in bookshelves and some closets for exercise stuff. I think we'll have a window seat so we can sit up there and read. It sounds so cozy. I can't wait to see it completed.

The HVAC (heating and air conditioning) guys will be starting soon. The electricians have placed most of the boxes and will start running wire soon. We took the time to draw out the kitchen on the floor with chalk. It really helped me have a feel for how things would look. I get more excited everyday!

Updated pictures next week. Who knows what they will do this week.

Honesty isn't dead

 

Front View

The trusses went up this week, even though the birth of a baby prevented our crew from working the entire week. CONGRATS Garrett!

I have to say I'm VERY pleased to report that honesty is NOT dead. The crane operator we hired to assist with placing the trusses came back shortly after leaving to inform us that he had miscalculated his time and we'd over paid him. I must thank AAA Crane from Richfield Utah for the excellent job and honesty!

Side view of the back. My deck framing. The lifting of it was a great process. I might be able to post a video. We'll see next week.