Things are moving right along at the house. Because so many things are finishing up, its hard to have everyone there working all the time. As a result, I am struggling to get everyone scheduled in a way that allows for the work to be completed in full. Everything seems to be 85% of the way done. At this point we are down to finishes. The tile is going to be a few more days, the painting begins tomorrow, and the wood floors have to be sanded and finished (later next week). On top of that all of that we still have to finish all of the custom work, put in the light fixtures, install all the bathroom vanities and clean up and stain the cement floor in the basement. Lots to do, and its going to be hard to get this finished by the end of the month with the holiday in the middle of all of that.
Here is a shot of the kitchen as it stands now. The 3rd piece of counter top did go in yesterday, and it looks exactly the way I was hoping it might. The tile contractor also got a good amount of the back splash tile in yesterday too. You can see that I chose to use a different tile behind where the vent hood and stove will go. I wanted to try and break up that space a little bit, and it seemed that using a different tile would help do that in combination with the stainless steel appliances that will go there.
The generator is about 75% of the way installed at this point. People's gas is out today connecting the gas line and putting in a meter which should allow me the electrician and plumber to connect the generator to the home's infrastructure. I also had to go out and buy a car battery for this thing as it has to have a way to self start when something goes wrong with Comed's service and it has to kick on. This generator will do a self check 2 times a month to ensure that it works and to give the battery a charge so it doesn't run out of juice. The generator has an automatic system that we will program so it will run at a certain time for each self check - ideally not late at night or early in the morning as I understand its not quiet....
Here is the finished patio area. The forms between the pads of cement have not been taken out yet, but when they are this will be the finished product. You can also see that the windows have been put in the garage and its Tyveked and ready to be sided (which will start on Monday). I am going to be putting some light fixtures on this north wall space to illuminate the patio area. I hope that this will make this the perfect outdoor living space for day or night. It will be nice to have a space that we want to use outdoors for eating and relaxing.
The fence is finally progressing. There have been some fits and starts with the contractor who is doing this work, but I think we might finally be on track to get his work done. I have to say that I think this fence is going to come out almost exactly the way I wanted it to look originally. Now I just need to figure out the best material to put on the ground for the dog run as that's the purpose of this area.
More updates to come this weekend as painting happens, and I get some cleaning done around the space.
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