End of Week 3 - Moving Slowly

For the remainder of this week things continued to go kind of slowly. They did some mechanical work, doing the venting of the over range microwave. They also installed the can lights in the kitchen. The halogen ones that the architect specified.

On Friday morning they removed the last corner casement window and framed it out for the new windows. They also stapled some black paperish covering over the exposed outside insulation - maybe because it is supposed to rain this weekend.




Since the interior framing of the windows was done, the electrician could turn the electrical outlets vertical in the kitchen. So those are all done.

They also brought by a halogen bulb to try in the living room. It puts out a decent amount of light and it dims pretty well. The architect had previously talked about using "wall washer" trim to redirect the light from going straight down, and instead to reflect off the walls. Seems like a good idea.

They installed our old back porch light next to the back door. I was thinking about having them install a different fixture that we have lying around. Maybe we'll suggest it next week, while the electrician is still around.

So, as soon as the windows arrive the framers will install them (and then finish the siding). And they'll move the pocket door going to the laundry room. Hopefully that will happen at the beginning of the week.

Once the plumbing and electrical is done they will get inspected; since they haven't run any gas lines yet, I assume they're quite ready. Once inspected they will do insulation. Once that's inspected (I think there's an inspection for it), they'll put up drywall and paint. Once paint is done they'll put in the flooring, which is supposed to be pretty stinky and nasty from the adhesives. So we'll want to be out of the house for it. They are hoping to start the flooring by the end of next week, or at least they were shooting for that before work started on Friday. I don't see how that's possible, but they definitely need to pick up the pace some.

Of course we haven't selected paint yet. We sent an email to the architect asking him to select a few paint colors for us to choose from. I'm no good at that sort of thing, and it's a little overwhelming to flip through the entire Sherwin Williams color collection.

Not much to do over the weekend, other than getting ready to move everything out of the living room when they do flooring. I have no idea where they're going to put all the furniture...