wet

well, to make a long story short, a screw went through a piece of copper plumbing during drywall hanging, and we sprung a leak. there's only a tiny bit of copper in the whole house, and unfortunately, the piece they hit was on the top floor, in the shower. so, we had to have the crew retape the kitchen ceiling, and rehang a good chunk of the garage, after we pulled down and replaced all the insulation.
what a mess. if its going to happen, its going to happen to me i guess. it really ended up being not that bad, but it was still disappointing in the end.
that said, they pretty much have the entire house taped at this point, and are starting to sand the top two floors today. tomorrow they'll sand the basement and saturday they should be ready to paint. these guys are great.
while they are inside working away, we've tied the walls for the front yard.
and i thought we were done digging months ago....

Drywall pictures!

taking shape

we finally made it to drywall!!!! this week we had air seal inspection, including structural, and were able to insulate on tuesday. Gale Contractor services came in and insulated in a day. after another inspection, and a ton of little pick up work by dear old dad, we were ready to start drywall at about 330 thursday.
its a huge relief. i know there is still so much more to do to finish things up, but the drywall is a big step. i'm feeling pretty good.
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-k

ok. scrap that one picture of the...

...heat. a little disappointing, but most of the grief is over now, so i won't need to curse or anything at this point. here's what happened.
just for giggles, and because we installed the boiler and its web of pipes all by ourselves (ok, my dad worked on it. it became his project.) we decided to call a local rep out to take a look. to make a long story short, after some praise about how good it looked in that little closet built especially for it, we found out that our little workhorse was going to be a little too small for what we were planning. nobody is really at fault. we're just moving forward.
so, we've decided on a cast iron boiler system with an indirect tank for heating the domestic hot water. its still pretty efficient. 85% or so. and we should have plenty of water for the heat, and showers and dishwasher and everything. it doesn't fit as well into our little closet. in fact, i'm going to have to build some kind of a door to cover it all up. but as far as hot water, its the Cadillac of systems. and we were able to keep all of our plumbing in tact. i'll spec it all out later, and post some pictures. anyone interested, let me know and i can send you my contact. he did all the install in a day or so.
-k