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Some of the downstairs walls and ceilings went in today. Here’s the kitchen. And here is the living room. The photos are dark because it is dark out now by the time I can get to the house.

I don’t have much time to blog tonight because of my crazy schedule so this is going tobeafastblogandIwillhavetotyperealfastandthisonewillbemostlyphotos…. Some of the wallboard is up. They did most of the second floor. Door into the full bath. Closet and entry in … Continue reading →

We had a bummer today. Our builder discovered that the one-piece shower unit in the master bathroom had a crack in it. The shower unit is so big that they had to frame the bathroom walls around it because it … Continue reading →

Because of our recent network outage, I missed reporting on a lot of activity at the house last week. The biggest item is that the insulation has gone in. We found out that our new house has the distinction of … Continue reading →

The electricians have been in, and the board for the service panel is in place. That white board is where the electrician will put the box with the circuit breakers in it. They have already begun to run the wires … Continue reading →

The plumbing continues to go in. They have modified the fully functional, non-plugged-up, brand new, connected-to-the-sewer, stand pipe for the washing machine to add a drain for the slop sink that will sit next to it. The horizontal connection for … Continue reading →

We had an interesting night in the Fallapartment last night. At about 1:30 a.m. one of the alarms went off. It was the normal screeching siren plus an artificial electronic voice yelling something about “smoke” and “evacuate”. So we got … Continue reading →

The plumber has arrived! The pipes are going in! So far, it is just the sewer and drain pipes, but those are important pipes. For example, below is a photo of a fully functional, non-plugged-up, brand new, connected-to-the-sewer, stand pipe … Continue reading →

They started putting up the siding today. They didn’t get it all up, but one end of the house looks pretty good. That looks nice. It looks more blue and less gray when there is a whole wall of it. … Continue reading →