Sept 30: Roof is being roofed

The roof got roofed this week.  Well, most of it anyway.  There are some sections that need to be finished.  Over the water heater room where we're getting a roof vent and the second story.   Here are the pics.

From this angle it appears the roof it complete.  Most of the gutters have been attached too.

From this angle you can see the second story still has the white 'paper' showing.

Looks like they are covering the hot water pipes.  The framed in hole on the right will be crawl space access.

Cali often must hang at the house while we do house stuff.  Here she finds entertainment with the camera.

Sept 26: Gable vents and chimney

The roof might be going on this week.  We're trying to figure out downspout locations and sizes.  We also went over to United Marble and Granite (UMG), our granite fabricator, and found that the slab for our island was cracked... Ugh.  Back to MS International to find another slab.  We also picked out new counters.  While we were at UMG we took some pics of the backsplash granite.

The kitchen backsplash granite.  This will be cut so that we get the most interesting part behind the cooktop (we hope).  The rest will be pieced together to make a complete backsplash.

Looks like the main is getting some major cables installed.

The living room gable vent is installed.

The other two vents are also now installed.

The wall behind the washer and dryer.  The dryer vent is installed.  The plumbing for the washer is installed.

The bathroom fans are installed.  This is the girls fan.

This is the chimney chase to surround the fireplace vent.  It's still under construction. 

Looking back from the chimney.

The second story roof is also being replaced.  This is unfortunate since the roof was only ~18yrs old, but there was so many holes added and it would look different from the rest of the house.

Sept 19: inside and outside plumbing, fireplace and solar

While I've been researching the components for the home theater, specifically speakers, more progress on the house has happened.  I need to select the in-ceiling surround speakers so that they can get installed before the sheetrock gets installed.  We've had:

• Shower controls installed
• fireplace installed
• Some of the power has actually been hooked up and tested
• The solar inverter and cabling was installed.

The master bath shower control.

The girls bath shower control.  The tub is under the plywood.

OK, this is annoying. This picture needs to be rotated 90 degrees  clockwise, but I don't see a method to do that. This is the main water input.  It's a bit confusing, but the pipe at the bottom appears to be the input.  Looks like simple 1" PVC.

This is Rick.  I used to work with him at Quantum when he was a software developer.  After Quantum was sold he started his solar power company.  I was one of his early customers.  Here, he has reinstalled the Sunnyboy inverter (red box).

Cali enjoying the new fireplace.

The fireplace from the front.

This looks like gas and galvanized plumbing parts.

The plumbing for the clothes washer.  The solar inverter is installed on the other side of the wall.

The curious pipage to avoid the silver A/C pipe.

Reconnecting up the outside plumbing.

This is the same water pipe that snaked around the house in the prior picture.

I think this was an accidental pic, but is shows the current state of the left side of the house.

That power is for the outside lighting.

Sept 15: lighting placement, plumbing placement, and more

It's been awhile since the last update.  We've been working on selecting the cabinetry and the stain color.  We've purchased the gas fireplace.  We've purchased fans for the baths.  We've purchased sinks.  We've selected switch placements.  Here are some pics.

A support column for the back porch.  This one follows the angle of the roof.

The same column from a different angle.  These will be covered with stucco.  Maybe some sort of stone at the bottom.

Trying to figure lighting for the piano.

Working out the plumbing placement in the girls bath.

Hmmm.. another piano placement pic.

Looks like me working the plumbing placement in the guest bath.

Beth working the plumbing placement in the master bath.

The girls tub is installed (covered with plywood to protect it).  The pocket doors are installed too.

This is the attic fan.  It should suck the hot air out of the attic.

That's Matt framing the fireplace.

Looks to be ready for installation!

The battery on the camera died.  There are more new things.  I'll do another update tomorrow.