Friday, February 1, 2013

Stilts and a Giant Saw Chainted to the Porch

So, the house continues to move along at a nice clip. A few weeks ago we got spray foam. (A nasty process in case you're curious.)
 Then the Men On Stilts arrived to put up the dry-wall. (Luke told me that they don't like to get off the stilts once they're up, so its common for the workers to pee in the master shower from up on their stilts.) I will never be able to look at my master shower the same. And now you won't either.
 Ceilings, then tops of walls. Then bottoms of walls.
Bye bye insulation!
 Stilt Guy in the kitchen.
 Big piles of sheet rock in every room.
 And piles of the scraps (and dust) everywhere!
 Then the cracks are "taped and floated"
 Then the walls are textured (light orange peel) and it starts to look sorta finished. Sorta.
 Then a giant pile of tile arrives!
And waterproofy wall stuff goes in the bathrooms under where the tile is going to go (backerboard?).
 Then tile starts going in....wherever its not affected by cabinets. Since we don't have cabinets yet. (This is the wall behind the sink in the powder bath - no grout yet.)
 Then more pretty things start appearing - the "waterfall" in the master shower.
 The giant wet saw chained to our porch.
Don't get any ideas about stealing this bad boy.
 And a microwave appears inside our front door. ??? I am pretty sure this is not the model we picked out. Feel free to steal this one.
So, that's where we are. Cabinets and more tile are next (I think). Will let you know an anticipated move-in date as soon as we have one!

2 comments:

Lynne in NC said...

So glad you all are feeling better.
It's a great feeling when the drywall goes up and your home starts to "look" like a house.
Congratulations!
love and hugs all around.

Christal Murray said...

You should post some pics of my house so I know what is going on over there :)