Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Sorry for the little hiatus we took in our journaling, things have been progressing...slowly as usual. Here's a little recap of the last 2 weeks:

Electrical and plumbing were started on Tue. 1/29, and should be finishing up this week.

It's been nice having shingles on the house, too bad they're the wrong color! Yup, they need to be taken off and replaced with the right color, hopefully this week. There was a miscommunication between our contractor, Lee, and the shingle company about the address of the house where we picked out the color. Lee is taking the fall on that one. It really is too bad that perfectly good shingles are going to go to waste.

The HVAC (heating and air conditioning) is going to get started tomorrow too. Our bathtubs, showers, and toilets have all been ordered, amazing the options you have in toilets! Steven picked high performance/high efficiency toilets (which basically means he was excited by their flushing capabilities). I will admit, it is pretty cool. They also have "slow-close" seats that are also quick release (removable) for cleaning...translation: no slamming seats, and easier for Steven to clean!

Pictures will be slim for a little while, wires and pvc piping aren't too exciting.

Also, just wanted to let you all know that we survived all the storms that rolled through here last Tue. night. Right in Hendersonville there wasn't any damage, but in our county there was severe damage. Most of the damage was about 30 miles from us. Steven was at work while Sadie and I hung out in our airplane-size bathroom. She thought that was a real treat, she couldn't even turn around...one way in, one way out! We're grateful the storm passed us by, but it is devestating seeing the pictures and hearing the stories of the homes and lives torn apart by the storms.

Slow Progress...

This week our progress has been really slow....almost painfully slow because there isn't much framing that needs to be finished, yet they didn't come out and get it done. They did come out and start putting the shingles on yesterday and they were almost finished with them when we took the pictures today.

We've also included the pictures of the ceiling of the storm/storage room that we were talking about last time. The first picture is looking on top of the ceiling, and the second is from inside the room.

Yeah for Concrete!

Finally the concrete walls and ceiling were poured today, barely. It was so late this afternoon that we couldn't get pictures, it was just too dark inside the house. Now the framers should be able to get everything done tomorrow, or so they say! We're expecting the electrician and plumber on Monday and Tuesday next week. We'll have pictures to post tomorrow.

We Have Windows

They started wrapping the house and installed some windows today. Still no pump truck; however, it is scheduled again for Thursday. We'll see if that happens. Here are some pictures.

Just When We Least Expected It

We weren't expecting any more progress on the house until the pump truck arrived to finish off our storm/storage room....but we found a great surprise when we went out there yesterday to do some measuring! The framers actually came back on Saturday and did some more detail type work. They finished all the plywood on the exterior of the house and finally cut out all the windows. That is the one thing I really wanted done!!! And, our windows were delivered today!

The pump truck didn't come today because it was "too cold". We woke up to 27 degrees and it warmed up to 45 today. They laughed at Lee when he called to ask why they didn't show up. These southern concrete boys don't know what cold is!

Tomorrow the framers are supposed to be back to wrap the house with Ty-Vek (or something like that), install the windows, and correct a few things on the inside of the house. Once again, the pump truck is scheduled to come and finish the storm/storage room. We'll believe it when we see it! Here are some current pictures of the house.