Almost, almost done...

Sorry I haven't posted for a while; the remaining progress has been slow.

The siding is more or less done, but no gutters yet. And the older windows around the garage need some help. And I've decided the garage & entry doors need paint. And there's still the deck to be done. And there's a pile of debris outside my window on one side, and a pile of materials on the other.

I'm saving the pictures until at least the debris is hauled away and the gutters are up. I'm also working on what to actually put in the kitchen/office -- carpet, blinds, artwork? I've got a decent desk on order which should be showing up in a couple of weeks, but I'll still need other misc. office furniture, and I may set up an ugly temporary desk in the mean-time.

Day 37

The siding's getting closer to being done. I'll save picture-taking until it is; maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday.

Yesterday I turned on the dishwasher for the first time and it spewed water all over the place! Argh! Seems a hose popped loose or something. They made sure there was no excess water seeping in the wrong places and bolted everything nice and tight. Keeping my fingers crossed...

Day 35: The front is done!

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The sides and back are still being worked on. Getting there!

There's enough done inside (besides some misc touchup) that I think I'll give you a before-and-after tour throughout...

Kitchen Before & After!

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Bathroom Before & After!

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Day 35 misc.

Where the deck will be attached. It'll be a few weeks before they'll be able to work on it.

The updated water & electric for the laundry.

Day 34

Here comes the siding!
(I chose the green...)




All the electric is done, the water hooked up to the refridgerator, the dishwasher tested, and the towelbar doodads installed in the bathroom. Getting closer! (still a lot of dust & grit to clean...)

Day 33

The new garage door is in. The windows up top needed to be framed-in because of the way garage doors are installed these days.


The rest of the siding is torn off, and insulation board up all around.


And that death-trap of a deck is gone. Revealing about 20 years of dead leaves built-up underneath...


The rest of the stained trim is done


And the track lights are in (but I need to buy more bulbs!)

Day 32

The siding has started!



Only the batton board has been removed on this side so far. The deck's gotta go too.


Icy buildup on the shore... Brrr...



It's getting close to done! There's some miscellaneous electric work being finished throughout the house, and there'll be some touchup work and other details finished up by (hopefully) the end of the week. The only thing that may still take a while is the deck, because the ground may be too frozen to dig holes for the footings.

Day 30 & 31

The new electric service is in, including the generator transfer switch. Also, my new kitchen light fixtures, and most of the stained wood trim to go with the beams in the ceiling. There'll be track lights on the soffit as well.

Days 27, 28, and 29

Sorry for the gap in posting, I had a bit of "internet burnout" and didn't feel like fiddling with the computer for a couple of days. There weren't any real incremental day-to-day changes to show, so I saved them all up:

First, the bathroom is done! Well, 99.5% done -- there's still some touch-up painting and the misc. doodads like TP holder and towel bars.



The vinyl floor...


Also, in the kitchen, crown molding, base molding, and window casings/trim are pretty much done. The microwave, hot-water tap, and a couple of outlets now have power, so after I clean a *lot* of dust, I can start "moving back" into my kitchen instead of using my "temporary" one.





Finally, the new breaker-box has been started, and the new service wiring and pole outside are underway. The service will be completely switched over on Friday.

Day 26

Not much visually today. There's some various touchup work in progress, and the basement is full of trim pieces with a coat of paint drying off.

Oh, and I could finally park in my garage again! Now that will guarantee that the snow will be done for the season! :)