Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Summary of the project at this point

Quick update on where we are in the first floor project. We've been busy, and have been making great progress... at least as much as can be made when you only really work on something during the weekends!

  • Demolition, been done for a while
  • Insulation, mostly done.
  • Structural reinforcement, mostly done, just some blocking remains.
  • Electrical rewiring - partially started, still a bunch to do.
  • Radiator work - drained the system, disconnected one radiator so we could finish the sistering of the joists.
  • Reframing the windows - one window completed, the frames for the other three have been done.
  • Redo staircase - still have to figure out exactly what we'll do
  • Drywalling/painting/trim work... miscellaneous finishing stuff is so far off I can't even think about it quite yet. ;)


One good thing is that when I've been working on something that doesn't need Grace's help, she's been stripping paint from the front of the house, picking up where we left off last year. So, we're making progress on multiple fronts at once. We even managed to install under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen, and are hoping that our tile contractor gets back to us about installing the backsplash. We've got all the tile sitting in the mudroom awaiting him.

So we're busy, and making great progress, tons, TONS faster than we used to be, but the scale of what we're doing makes it all seem very slow.

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