February 23 - Update 2 of 2

I was out at the house for a few hours today to see what's what and took more pictures for Marshall (& believe it or not, did some tidying - job for next weekend once closets are done!)...have a look. Lucky for us, Henri is available most of next week to continue working on the house & last week he gathered a crew (Abel, Gil & Marc) to accomplish lots. 

Merl (the closet guy) started on Friday and should be done all of the closets by Wednesday (except for some back ordered shelves for the master walk-in). Henri is working on painting all the bi-fold closet doors so they will be up next week as well. Baseboards & trim is almost complete...electrical is almost complete...just gotta get our HVAC guy on site long enough to finish up!!! Looking more and more finished every day!!

Below 2 pictures are the firewall between the shop bay and the car/truck bays. This goes all the way up through the rafters to the roof.

Below 2 pictures are the shop. OSB on the shop side (easy to hang tools, shelves, etc) drywall on the car bay side. This is all insulated & I will arrange to have the ceiling blown in within the next few weeks. Lights, heat detector & garage door opener need to be installed.

Appliances arrived a couple weeks ago and were put in place last week. Just need to unwrap them now. 

Trim around the window is done.

Pocket door between mudroom & dining room. The same as the one on the 2 pce bathroom & between front hall and mudroom.

Henri surprised us with a lovely shelf for the front entrance.

En-suite shower door.

Trim around front hall closets (to be installed once painted) and door to basement & fixture in basement stairwell. Some of the trim needs to be filled and second coat of paint.

February 23 - Update 1 of 2

Things are still happening. When I was at the house on Monday I took quite a few pictures to show Marshall - here's a few of them. Thank goodness for Henri...we'd be schnuckered (not a real word but gotta keep this G-rated) without him.
Light has been installed in main bathroom shower (Alanna & Joel did this a while ago).

Mirror is now up in 2 pce bathroom. 

Henri's painting all the baseboards & trim. 

HRV ducting in basement. Central vac on wall.

The nice tidy wiring job that Alanna is doing. Coils on the left are TV, intranet & phone. 

Awesome steps that Henri built. We were using the little step that Marshall built for me for the camper (pictured here under the new steps).Railing is in the corner to the left of the door.

February 3 - Pictures of Garage Shop Bay

Alanna & Joel worked on some electrical stuff for a few hours today...light was installed in the main bath tub; 2 light fixtures were installed in the car bay of the garage; outlets & switches were installed in garage, including the one for the garage door opener in the car bay and it is now plugged in; Alanna drilled the hole for the plug in the island & then she had to leave so Joel helped Henri put up some drywall in the shop bay of the garage. Once Henri is done the shop we can work on cleaning out the pile of 'stuff' in the truck bay & start getting organized out there. Then the lights can go up on the truck side, install the heat sensor & install the outlet for that garage door opener.

Alanna committed to drilling the hole through the cabinet & floor!

 Lifting up the first sheet of drywall for the shop.

And the first sheet goes up!! Once the ceiling is dry walled the dividing wall can be finished (drywall, vapour barrier, insulation & osb on the shop side).

Thanks Guys!

February 1 - Crossed Lots Off The List

What a busy day!! Thanks to Susan, Glenn, Les, Gerry, Laurie & Alanna lots of tasks were removed from my ever-growing list!! 
Henri is busy working on the shop in the garage & should finish in a few days. He has started insulating the back wall, built the wall between the bays & Alanna has wired a couple of plugs in it. 
The washer & dryer were brought into the laundry room as they were in Henri's way (stored in the garage from when we moved). Now our plumber/HVAC fella (Jason) will install the vent for the dryer when he is back next week. He has all the plumbing done, just has to hook up the dishwasher and has a day or two of HVAC work left to complete.
Had to move some of our stored stuff in the basement as it was in Jason's way for him to do the HRV work...the wires for the phone & TV were run from the meter mast (outside) through the rafters in the garage & into the basement...the interior door knobs are now all in...we have sketches of all of our closets so we can now show the closet designer what we want & he can get to work on it...all interior light fixtures are now up...more breakers were hooked up to the panel so we now have more lights & plugs that work...some switch plates are on...old basement heater wires were removed...and a few other tasks, but you get the idea.
Thanks to Michelle for the yummy cookies & muffins...greatly appreciated!
All in all a very productive (& tiring) day!!