September 22 - A Few Jobs Done

This weekend we got a few little jobs done.

Here's what was leftover after the drywallers were done. We took one big load to the dump on Saturday and we loaded up the truck with the rest on Sunday. 

Alanna was helping again today...they dug out the weeping tiles under the basement windows & readied the conduit for the well & septic tank electrical for grading.(And thanks to Laurie for the yummy loaf of homemade bread!)

 East side basement window. Weeping tile is dug out from under the dirt & wires for the well are ready for grading. 

Marking the front wall for back fill and grading the property (they also did the west wall).

Karl (contractor) cut the hole & installed the access door to the attic.The tall white pipe is the well head and will be mostly under ground once we get dirt for that side of the house, back fill & grade it (after moving all that lumber!).

Access door installed.

P.S. While all of this work was going on I cleaned up inside. The dry wall guys did clean up after themselves but the house needed a better clean so I swept all 1700 sq ft of the house out!! Didn't want you to think that all I do is take pictures. LOL

September 20 - Drywall is Complete

We were very satisfied with the work that the drywall guys did. We now have real rooms!! Not only is there Roxul insulation on the outside walls but we insulated the interior walls as well with Roxul Safe 'n Sound to make it nice and quiet (don't want to hear our guests snoring-lol). (Roxul is safer as it delays the spread of fire.) Lots of pictures here, hope you don't get bored!! When we got there this evening we just kept walking around enjoying the fact that we had walls & rooms!! :) If the ceilings look tall, they are...we have 9' ceilings. (The drywall fellas had just finished cleaning/sweeping up so the pictures have dust particles showing in them. Now I will take the shopvac to to get the rest of that lovely drywall dust.)

At the front door. 

In the front entrance looking towards door to garage. 

Laundry area on left, 2 piece bathroom on the right, door to garage. 

From laundry room to front door. 2 coat cupboards on the right.

From hallway to bedrooms - straight ahead is doorway to basement.

From doorway between mudroom & dining room. Kitchen is straight ahead & pantry on left. 

From dining room looking into living room and on the right is the hallway to the bedrooms. 

From kitchen - doorway on the right leads into the mudroom hallway on the left leads to the bedrooms. 

Looking into the dining room & kitchen.

Looking down the hall to the bedrooms. 2 bedrooms to the right, main bathroom straight ahead and a linen (or something) cupboard on the left. 

2 front bedrooms. 

Bedroom 1/office/den. Master bedroom is visible through the doorways. 

 Bedroom 2/guest room. Linen cupboard is visible through the doorway.

From the bedrooms up the hallway - dining room window at the far end & stairway to basement on the left.

Master bedroom - ensuite bathroom on the right, walk-in closet on the left.

Main bathroom. The blue drywall is moisture resistant for use around tubs & showers.

Main bathroom - linen cupboard to the right of the shower.

September 20 - Garage Floor Work

George started to the prep to pour the concrete for the garage floor today.

Leveled with loose gravel -- plastic vapour barrier is down -- re-bar placement has begun. The 2 'dips' in the ground between each bay will be filled with concrete and will help support the floor. The plan is to have the floor poured by the end of next week. 

September 17 - We Have Walls!!

We went out tonight to see if the drywall guys came by today and they had...look what we saw. How exciting!!!

Living room

Kitchen on left

Kitchen on right - Dining Room on left

West wall of Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom - Ensuite Bathroom on right, Walk-in closet on left

September 15 - A Few Tasks Done

Thanks to Joel who went out to help Alanna do some electrical work on Saturday.

Thanks to Joel & Les for insulating the pot lights & putting up the vapour barriers for the speakers & running the speaker wire.

The blue boxes are the vapour barriers for the speakers that going into the ceiling as part of the surround sound.

Some of the 25 piles of dirt that will be used to grade the property.

September 12 - Lot's Happened

What a busy day at 20 Alexandre Way!!

The electricians started on the garage!! (Actually Alanna started on her own a few days ago.)

The drywall for the ceiling & walls was delivered.

The plumber was on site and did what he had to do so the interior walls could be drywalled. Sorry about this picture...this blog seems to spin pictures that I take vertically.The bottom of the picture is on the right. This is the backside of the main bathroom shower taps & drain.

The insulation for the interior walls was delivered. This is to keep the house quiet. 

Ray delivered a few truckloads of clean fill to build up around the house.

Crazy busy, eh?? It's a great feeling to see things moving along again. :)

September 5 & 7 - What a Huge Help

Susan & Glenn came out on the evening of September 5 to help with some odd jobs...and Marshall thought it would be a good idea to see how the truck looked in its new home. 

Fits quite nice...with lots of room to spare!

I guess they needed more torture (lol) cause they came back on Saturday to help some more. (Thanks guys. :) )

We rented a 1,000 pound packer to prep the garage for the concrete floor & pack the crushed concrete. Hope Glenn's arms finally stopped vibrating. lol Marshall wet it down and once it dried it was solid!! There will be another 6" of crushed something on top of this layer before the concrete is poured, but the concrete guys are responsible for bringing, packing & leveling this.

We thought that this was enough for one day, but Glenn had another plan. Let's move the igloo back to where it belongs (we had to move it last fall so they could build the septic field). Sounds easy enough...thank goodness for trucks, quads, ropes...and science!!!

Rope has been tied to the base and Alanna is pulling it with the truck. This didn't work too well, so the igloo was pulled off of base and moved in two pieces. 

Need another motorized tool...

Quad to the rescue!! Good thing Glenn & Susan had their quads. Alanna had a blast driving Glenn's quad...even drove it off of the trailer. Have a look at the smile on her face and you know that she is enjoying herself. 

They used the winch to pull the igloo into place. Alanna drove the quad down into the trees and Glenn is pulling the winch to hook it to the back of the igloo and let the quad do the work...I like that idea!

Of course there was a lot of muscle too. I was working with Susan, just stopped to snap some pictures.

Hook up the quad again and pull it onto the platform.

Just a little nudge (or two) and the igloo is in its new home. Glenn and Alanna worked great together...he gave very good instructions and she followed very well.

Above is before...below is after. We will put a coat of paint on it next year and it will blend in with the bush.

A HUGE thank you to Glenn & Susan for getting these two big jobs done!!!