day 266: dirt + pot

Uncle Paul built a base for the island cabinets in the kitchen


the master bathroom has a toilet!


Rich, the lead plumber, working on the master shower.


Body sprays installed.


The excavators have been bringing earth over to the north side of the house and smoothing out the area west of the house. It's a nice view up the hill too. Inspector Dave is in the background, as always.


i had to laugh; it looks like someone used drywall screws to mount this decorative grill. It looks nice now that Dad painted everything black behind the grill.

day 17: errands

today i ran errands and no one worked on the house. however, i saw that the plumbers completed the drains in the basement floor. they are just waiting for the inspector to come out. then we can warm the place up and pour a slab.

I met a tile installer in the morning to show him the project. it was so cold that after i set down my yogurt for a few minutes to talk, i ended up having frozen yogurt for breakfast. i had to go warm up after that. i transported the chimney and fireplace parts down to the house, had a pulled-pork sandwich (thanks mom!), priced out some doors at a few places, went out and bought a used torpedo heater after some research and telephone calls, and had a cinnamon roll at Panera while updating the blog. i'm still doing that now. i guess i had better go drop that off that torpedo heater before it's completely dark.

upper screen porch done

windowless house is really just a big advertisement

light shelf in the living room / hearth area / dining room

lots of framing, lots of ceiling heights

drains in basement gravel

bathroom in the walkout basement

chimney and accessories for the fireplace

lumber

day 12: plumbing

despite an overnight ice storm, the plumbers started work today. The goal is for them to get the waste lines run so that we can pour the basement slab, frame the walls, and get the HVAC work started.

i didn't take any pictures because i was too busy searching for the shower valves for them. and then i had to leave for the airport. i hope they know what they're doing!