Well today was our day to get the following inspections from the city:
Electrical-Passed
Framing-Passed
Plumbing-Passed
Our Framing inspector gave us a huge compliment today while at the house. "You guys sure do good work." "It's nice to see someone who does the extra things that contractors don't even do any more."
We will be insulating the house on Monday and starting drywall by Wednesday, so the house is really going to start taking shape. I will post our kitchen design for everyone to take a look at. We decided to add some extras that most people aren't doing yet. We have also decided much like the color matched bathroom Set's of the 70's granite is on it's way out. We are going with the next step up and putting in soap stone for our counter tops. Let me know what you think.
We also have gotten the floors all worked out for a great price. We are putting in new oak floors on the main floor and refinishing the original fir stairs and upstairs floors in stead of carpeting.
We paid for the appliances at our favorite place. Almvig!! Debbie as usual came through with some great high end stuff for us. Stainless flat top oven with a ceiling hood. Under counter microwave, stainless dishwasher and a french door counter depth fridge. If you going to buy appliances this is a must stop. If you want to really blow your mind go to Albert Lee's before going to Almvig.
I also wanted to let everyone know that they are more than welcome to contact me concerning any of the sub's I am using. They all do an excellent job and have come to me with great references. There is not one that I wouldn't use again.
e premte, 24 gusht 2007
e diel, 19 gusht 2007
Found Objects
Since we completly gutted this place we kept finding cool old objects. Unfortunatley we didn't find any gold or a copy of the Constitution, but any finds are fun.
We found:
a rubber knife from the 60's
a kids tractor from the 50's
a hotwheel type car from the 50's
a syringe from a kids doctors set circa 70's
a wilsonian golf club from the ?'s had a wooden shaft
a silver candy box top
a tin Olympia beer can
a tea pot from a kid's set circa 1920's
The siding is done!
The house is looking great! The siding is finally done. We passed our plumbing inspection on friday and our man Dave is stringing the new electrical.
Check the pics
e enjte, 16 gusht 2007
Getting there
Okay campers, we are making real progress and moving forward. This week we have gotten the house rough plumbed, all new HVAC piping and are finally finished framing out the interior. Rick and Nick finish up today with the siding and it looks great. The front porch should be finished by tomorrow so I will add some more pics then. Dave our electrician starts laying the wire today for the entire house and I think our plumbing inspection is tomorrow.
This week I have secured all our kitchen appliances most of our lighting and bathroom fixtures. I am still working on my exterior paint colors. I can't decide if we should do 3 or four paint colors. Any feedback would be great. My garage at my house is starting to look like a remodeling store, so I have to wait until I buy anthing else or it's going to be in my kitchen.
Click the title for pics.
e enjte, 9 gusht 2007
One Month
Today marks our 1 month anniversary date. Things have been going relatively good since my last update.
We discovered a few more problems during demo. The sill plate on the front of the house had to be removed and replaced because of the termites. Of course that was an extra added expense. We also had to hire a guy to regrade the entire yard. The dirt was higher than the foundation by about a foot, so per King County Code we had to remove enough so that the dirt was 6inches below the foundation.
The front porch was shot down by King County because it less than 20 ft from the property line (as if they are ever going to build a monorail in front of us). So our front porch is now only going to be half of the front. It should look good!
The siding has been going up at an alarming rate. Rick and his crew have really been getting it done for us. They have finished the garage and the house with the exception of the front and the lower shingles. The whole house should have a porch and be completely sided by tuesday.
I wanted to thank Ian from Green Home Builders for his excelent work on replacing the sill plate. He did it for way under his original quote and did it right. I would highly reccomend Ian and His crew. Also thanks to Rick and his siding crew, they getting it done fast and with 22 years experience are truly professionals.
We discovered a few more problems during demo. The sill plate on the front of the house had to be removed and replaced because of the termites. Of course that was an extra added expense. We also had to hire a guy to regrade the entire yard. The dirt was higher than the foundation by about a foot, so per King County Code we had to remove enough so that the dirt was 6inches below the foundation.
The front porch was shot down by King County because it less than 20 ft from the property line (as if they are ever going to build a monorail in front of us). So our front porch is now only going to be half of the front. It should look good!
The siding has been going up at an alarming rate. Rick and his crew have really been getting it done for us. They have finished the garage and the house with the exception of the front and the lower shingles. The whole house should have a porch and be completely sided by tuesday.
I wanted to thank Ian from Green Home Builders for his excelent work on replacing the sill plate. He did it for way under his original quote and did it right. I would highly reccomend Ian and His crew. Also thanks to Rick and his siding crew, they getting it done fast and with 22 years experience are truly professionals.
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