Renovation - Weeks 31 and 32

Things are starting to slow down now. The crews are pretty much done and the rest is up to Christine and I. (It's amazing how much time a job sucks up when you'd rather be finishing up the house.) The blog updates are likely going to slow down as well since I'll only be posting when there's something interesting to say.

A few important changes though over the last couple weeks. The big news is that the kitchen counter was installed, and that allowed us to get the gas and plumbing hooked up, so we finally have a real kitchen again. The gas hookup also means that we can use the BBQ again - YAY!

Ever since the foundation was poured for Christine's craft room, we've always had a water leak under the wall. (It was the fault of the project manager giving bad instructions to the concrete crew.) The builder has made it right by cutting a trench along the base of the wall so that water runs away from the wall rather than into the house. It was a miserable, dusty job, and I'm very glad that I didn't have to do it.

And since there's no longer water coming into the craft room every time it rains, we were finally able to get the vinyl flooring installed. To install the flooring, the crew removed the stairs into the craft room. Since it will be easier to paint the stairs and to install the trim under the stairs while they're out, we're once again using a ladder to get into the craft room. This means that the craft room will likely be the first room completely finished since we need to get the stairs re-installed so the house can pass its final inspection.

On our end of things,I've completed the flooring on the main floor of the house. All that's left to do now is the bedrooms, but we have to repaint our bedroom first. Since we're having a party in a couple weeks, I'll be pushing hard to get the floor done.