The insulation is finished and cleaned up. The insulation guys did a great job of filling all the spaces, joints, cracks, and seams where air might infiltrate the home. Above is a good example fo that. There was some space between the main stack (plumbing drain) that was set just outside of the wall space yet they still filled the entire space between the stack and wall. This is done to ensure the stack is not effected by exterior temperatures.
Here is a shot of the east/north wall of the first floor. As you can see, everything is shaved and cleaned up (for the most part) from the insulators perspective. This has the walls prepped and ready to be drywalled starting today. I went through yesterday one last time to try and get things as cleaned up as possible for the drywall laborers. I took out another 50 nails/screws that I missed along with an electrical box that had made it all the way through the process as well. I am very curious to see if the drywallers find this space more or less conducive to doing their work then a normal rehab. I have no idea which way that will go.
One last shot of the insulation in the ceiling. This gives a better perspective of the depth of the insuation that was put in the master bedroom area. Because we re-built the entire back half of the roof, we dont have joist space nearly as full as the front half of the house. This is due to the back half being built with 2x10's instead of the 2x6's that are up front. In the front half, you can't even see the ceiling joists there is so much foam in there. The insulator said we are getting somewhere in the range of R70 from this ceiling now that its done. In addition to that insulation, all of the ductwork is insulated as well. This should limit the amount of heating / cooling loss in the attic area with the 2nd floor furnace. Pretty cool stuff.
It's been a while since I updated with some pictures of the house in total. Is hard to tell here, but we are basically done with the major work for the exterior of the house. We will need to put in a ceiling on the front porch and extend the fascia board around the top of the porch where it meets the gutter and soffit. Once that is done all we will have to do is stain the deck and put up the blocking below the porch to keep a majority of the elements out.
One thing that will be changing massively is the front door. We will be taking out the current door and putting in a custom designed door that one of my friends is construction from scratch. This is going to be a nice focal point of the house, and should help tie everything together better then the brown front door that sticks out like a sore thumb right now.
Its really hard to get a good shot of the back of the house. This is due in part to the height of the house from the deck, and the fortress like nature of the dock and how it blocks the back of the house being shot in full from the ground. You will notice that some of the little things like vents and lighting mounts are being added to the house. These are pretty much done, but we are still adding things like canopies and duct vents for fans etc. The most recent addition is the duct vent for the stove hood. The HVAC guy did a great job choosing one that fits very well with the design scheme of the house.
Drywall is being boomed into the house as we speak. There will be some great pictures to be had for the next few days, then it will be next to no progress for a week while they tape and sand.
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