building for our future

I know...I’ve been remiss in posting lately. Work and business travel to China intervened with my ability to deal with this over the last two weeks...but there certainly is some nice news to share: We started drywall...’rockin...yesterday!

Last week, a lot of odds and ends were completed in preparation for the Sheetrock, including some last minute electrical wiring changes, the rough framing inspection, the porch soffit, a water line into the attic for future use for a humidifier, and so forth. Jim and Keith completed the break-through into the existing house both on the first and second floors and framed in the ceiling over the loft in the great room at the connection to the new structure. They also did some additional framing around the sprinkler tank area to provide for keeping drafts and dampness out of our home.

And Monday we got rolling on the walls...the team of Chris and Chris are excellent craftsmen when it comes to drywall. I have yet to see them bugger a single piece of drywall and they work very efficiently, too. Even with that job only about half done at the end of today, it’s been transformational for the whole project...even more so given the free visual access into the addition from our great room.

Next week, the stair folks will return to work on the railings and I expect that prior to the Christmas holiday, we will be ready to start interior finishing work, such as the wide pine and green slate floors, green slate on the shower walls and then on to painting.

In the mean time, here are some pictures from Friday through today.