Insulation

You've all probably read this already in national news, about the crazy weather we've been having in November. Our insulators were supposed to be here Monday but couldn't come due to the snow that has been dumping all over Washington. It's not really the snow that's bad, it's the ice that forms afterwards, and apparently we don't salt our roads like they do in the midwest. It's insane - people abandoning cars all over the highway (we got like, 1" of snow - no it's not a typo, really, like one inch) I'm sure anyone not from around here is laughing about this already. Anyway, they finally made it down today and started putting up insulation upstairs and we're hoping they'll make it back tomorrow to do the rest but it is snowing as I type.

Master Shower Installed

The Master Shower is all nailed in place and the plumbing is finished.

What? No rain?

Amazingly, it was sunny today. We've had an enormous amount of rain this month so I haven't had much of a chance to take outdoor photos. Things are still moving along though, and we'll have our electrical inspection on Monday. Plumbing is almost finished and the fireplace got hooked up today.

Sweet...

This is just one of those really sweet details you can put on your house if you know about them, and I'm glad that Dugan mentioned this. It's an outdoor hosebib, not just any hosebib, it's a HOT and cold water hosebib. There are many nice things you can do with this, like wash your car with hot water! or even better, fill up the kiddy pool in the summer with warm water or better yet - a warm water Slip n Slide! (people living in Seattle know how nice that would be since it doesn't get truly hot till August)

Dewatering the basement

There's our ejector system all hooked up and working out the rainiest November on record!

It actually isn't as big as it seems - the motor itself is small and is just set in a large bucket. I think we can safely say that it's going to be a dry basement.

Almost Done....

Almost all of the siding is up - just the little wings left at the dormers. I think we're almost ready for our framing and insulation inspections. Plumbing is also almost finished. It's been raining like crazy this past week and it's a good thing we're doing the basement dewatering because those trenches that were dug at the basement perimeter have filled up, like a mini-moat around the basement floor.

And More Siding...

Currently finishing up north wall

Front of the house is completely done, minus those little wings at the dormer

Back is completely done



North wall is completely done