October 10th and 11th My Head is Reeling

Yesterday and today the place was hopping. The plumbers and the HVAC guys both arrived at 8:00 am on the 10th
Part way through the day,  my framers showed up. That was a surprise since I hadn't expected them. My electrician came by to check on progress and decided he'll come back Monday to do his rough-ins. A guy from Thomson Doors came by to scope out the place. As it turns out, I decided to call another installer and saved over $700 by going with him. It'll be a bit of a wait for his doors to arrive but worth it

Today's the 11th, the HVAC guys came back to finish up and my fireplace was delivered.
It was pretty tricky for the trades trying not to get in each other's way.

One of the plumbers working on the pipes.

Our HVAC guy laying out a template to cut the heat register in Nancy's pocket office. The draftsman gave us joists that were strong but only 12" apart which meant that the heat registers had to run lengthwise with the joists meaning that in some places they run perpendicular to our windows. We're not too happy about that.

You can see all the plumbing converging in the mechanical room.

The octopus also known as our furnace.

Main ductwork. Lots of pipes...

And more pipes.

The framers were able to complete the entranceway to the suite. They still need to come back to hang the firedoor later. They ran out of daylight.

The pony wall and closet at the top of the stairs.

The dryer vent went in today.

Our new fireplace. Nancy arrives for a couple of days tomorrow. She'll decide whether she wants to place it flat against the wall or on a diagonal.

Our new tub. We went with a l6 inchonger tub than normal. Unfortunately the walls are about 1/2 inch wider than needed so the framers are going to have to come back and fix it or we'll have issues with our drywall.

October 6 Testosterone in the air

The line of asphalt in the alley was quite ragged since I removed the fence and excavation took place so we needed to cut the asphalt and create a nice clean line. Enter Denver. We rented a pavement cutter form Home Depot and then we went back and rented a demo hammer which is basically a smaller electric powered jackhammer,

Thanks to Denver for manning both of these testosterone inducing hunks of manly equipment.

 I forgot to get a photo of the pavement cutter but here's Denver with the hammer chipping away the asphalt along the cut line. I laid my shovel down and you can see that I have some catching up to do.

 It made for a nice clean edge.

Denver with the "weapon". It was really helpful that Denver has used one of these often at work in the summer.

October 5 Plumbers arrive

It's been a quiet week but today the plumbers showed up and started running their pipes. They didn't complete everything today but I think they're coming back Tuesday to finish up.

The bathtub arrived and they'll be putting that in place when they come back.

As well, I hired someone to come in and install the skylight. He's been installing skylights for over 30 years and when he saw the work that the roofers did he was quite dismayed. I think we would have had real problems if I hadn't had him come in to fox things. It doesn't help either that it's a remote control, rain and wind sensing skylight that has a number of electronics to be lined up correctly.

 The hole for the toilet. What else do we need?

The hookups and drain for the washing machine in the walk-in closet.

 On the left you can see the white water lines for the bathroom sink, in the centre, the lines for the kitchen sink, and just to the right of the skylight, the water line for the fridge.

Our skylight in place. Now how do I get those labels off?

October 1 Stairs! We have stairs- well almost

 Working on the walls

 This is the "almost" part. The door has to be raised to build the landing to meet the stairs and then we're good to go.

Looking up the stairs. Now the rest of the trades can come in and do their thing. I'm glad Nancy designed the suite with 4 foot stairs. Most homes have stairs that are only3 feet wide or less.

September 29th We have a floor!

Finally we have a floor poured. Everything has been held waiting on this step. Now the stairs can be hung, and the trades can come in and run their pipes and ducting and wires.

The framers should be in tomorrow to hang the stairs and build the walls in the garage that will frame in the utility room and the entryway.

The finished floor at the end of the day.

September 27 Rebar

Getting closer to having the concrete poured. Rebar went in. The guys actually came by later in the day on the 27th and the 28th  to get it ready. I'm seeing that there is a lot more to the prepping of the pad than I had thought.

 The first to test the pad.

September 25 Gravel Came

How do you like that? They said they'd be putting gravel in today and sure enough they did. Tomorrow should be rebar if all goes to schedule and then concrete the day after.

I'm hoping that rebar goes so quickly tomorrow that they'll have time to do the pour as well. I can always dream...

This video is for my grandsons who like all things "truck".

The gravel truck and Bobcat ready for action

Dumping the gravel