Retrofit - Week 14

Well, we are now into week 14 of my 12 week project. Not unusual. While things are taking longer, there seems to be a comforting pattern that things are ending up better in many cases than I had anticipated. The bathroom is looking great. The siding is looking great. The bedrooms are coming together and will soon look great.

After the siding, we are into the interior finishing stages with the windows and the remaining trims. We can see the lights at the end of the tunnel and I'll have to install many of them.

The most visible progress is the siding. All the green siding is complete. The East, West, South, and North Walls, and all three sides of the porch. Crisp!

South side in progress this week.

North Side complete.

However, there is still some caulking and sealing to accomplish. Diligent Mike is taking that on. Good man.

Not Pictured: The red shingles and sunburst because they are still not delivered due to snafus beyond our control. Next week, hopefully.

The Bathroom took shape last week starting with the sanding and clear coating of the floor. Then we could put in the vanity and the cabinet doors. Sweet. Todo: Baseboards, baseboard heater, toilet, countertop, sink, shower plumbing, shower tile, recirculating shower function, lights, outlets, mirror, toilet paper holder, shower curtain rod and curtain. Plus the laundry machines, shelves, trim, lights. In short, you'll see this topic pop up again.

The delayed siding gave us a chance to put the stoops together. Still needs real deck boards instead of old plywood, but it sure feels like an improvement already.

And Shawn put up the wall between the bedrooms upstairs as well as the wall above the chimney brick. This allowed me to spend the weekend wiring light boxes and outlets. Hopefully a good inspection will clear the path for the sheetrockers to hang, mud, and prime this week.

Here is a picture of the West door with the first layer of the polycarb side lights installed.

On the utility front, this here water heater has been converted to a hot water storage tank for my heat pump with the help of a couple hard to find fittings in place of the elements. We have also spent some time this week figuring out the drain plumbing for the recirculating shower. Once that looks photogenic, I'll get you a picture.