Finally…
A long overdue update on where I’m at:
Exterior – My siding is not completely finished. I had quite a time with it; the company I hired was professional enough – seemed to be doing a great job – until the vertical got too high. First point: My house front isn’t really that high. From the ground in the front, it’s 33 feet to the tip of the peak. I’ve seen higher. Granted, the prow is kind of unique in that the angle of the roof extends from 2 feet at the bottom of the roof, to a 4 foot overhang at the top, making it a bit interesting when putting on soffit and fascia in the front. But it’s when we got to the prow, that I started really hearing the complaining about how high it was and how unsafe he felt, and how he couldn’t do it. I finally had to come home early from work and get up on the ladder myself at the highest point and do it myself. I was not pleased about that. I mean, if you’re in the siding business, shouldn’t you be used to heights? And if you’re afraid of heights, then you should probably find a different vocation IMHO. Anyway, it’s done now, and I’m glad.

On The Plumbing Front
My plumbing inspection has finally been done – and I had deficiencies!!! I had to put in two extra vents one for the second sink in the kitchen and one for the sink in the ensuite. Now fixed, and once again graced by the inspectors holy presence, the pontiff of permits, came out today and sprinkled his holy water of approval, thus declaring my sewer vents adequately fit for noxious fumes they were designed for.

And None Too Soon
My insulator, who was scheduled to be on site on Saturday, decided he would pay a surprise visit, declaring that another of his jobs had cancelled on him, giving him the opportunity to do my job sooner than expected. I thought this would have been wonderful, had I only known and been able to arrange the scaffold and materials to be delivered two days earlier as well. But, as that was not the case, I was left scrambling to make these arrangements in a very short, flustered and stressed out timeframe. I set up an account at a place called Urban Scaffolds and was able to procure 3 sections of 5’ scaffold, 3 planks, guard rails and castors for $79.41 for 28 days. Not too shabby if you ask me. At the end of the day, I now have made arrangements for the scaffold to get to the house on Thursday, and the materials hopefully following shortly thereafter. Whew… I’m glad that part is over. As fate would have it, the insulator and crew were able to get all my exterior walls filled today, due to the surplus of insulation I had taken out of my sub-floor earlier. All is well that ends well.

But The Grand Finale is
that tonight, I actually managed energize a circuit upstairs!!! Oh yeah, the master bedroom pot lights went live tonight at 8:15pm. It may sound rather trite to you, but it was a huge milestone to me. Flipping the switch for the first time and seeing those lights turn on was another step closer to getting this house done. I’m really pleased about it. Next thing is to finish the two bathroom fans before the insulation goes in the ceiling!

Drywall
is scheduled to start next Thursday. If all goes according to plan, I should be mudded, taped and sanded within two weeks. After that comes all the finishing. Woo Hoo.