January 5, 2013: Scratch coat, sewer clean-out

Also, more wallboard...

The scratch coat is going on today.  They've prepped the house.

The mixer.  Everything is covered in plastic because the scratch coat material is like cement glue.

Outside the family room in the back is coated.

A view of the entire rear of the house.  Mostly not covered yet.

This is where the new and the old meet.

The chimney on the roof is getting covered too.

The south side.  The two story section was done first.

This is a close up of the corner treatment in preparation for the square corners.

Not the sharpest focus, but the left wallboard is QuietRock and the right is standard 5/8 wallboard.  You can see the sandwich in the QuietRock.

This is a shaper end-on image of the QuietRock.  Nearly the entire wall where the TV will be mounted is covered in this material.  Also, on the other side of the wall.

After much digging, the terra cotta for the sewer was found.  New terra cotta was installed for a clean out (as per code).

This is Matt gluing in the ABS sewer pipe from the house to an ABS fitting that is clampoed to the terra cotta.

The scratch coat is complete.  Alex and Cali are checking out how it looks wet, but it's now very hard.

The entire front of the house with the south side.

The north side is covered.

The back of the house is almost covered.  I believe the are waiting for the glass block windows to be installed upstairs be fore completing the scratch coat around them.

Another pic of the front.  The large pile of gravel is for the sewer pit.

Inside, the family room is boarded.  I got a sample of a 5 1/2 inch baseboard.  I think this is the right scale for this room.

This is Cali's room.  It's complete.  The QuietRock sections can be identified with the brown lines.

Alex's room is also boarded.

A picture of the blocking I added to the pocket door.  We should now be able to mount towel bars.  I just need to make sure my screws are never longer than 1 1/4 inches.  The blocking is 3/4 inches.  The wallboard is 5/8 inches.  So, 1 1/4 inch screws give me 1/8 inch margin.

The south side. The interleaving of the old and new stucco can be seen.

The two story section.

Another pic of the south side from the other direction.  Note: The white window will be painted to match the others.  It's a hold-over from before the remodel. It's a triple pane Pella that we wanted to reuse.