Plumbing finish work begins

The plumbers were back onsite today to begin installation of the plumbing fixtures. My tub was finally in its proper place and shutoff valves were being installed on all the water supply lines. I'm hopeful we will see some toilets and sinks tomorrow, along with our counter tops.

The cabinet in the powder room had been reinstalled post paint and tile.



Here is a picture of the Master bath as you enter from the bedroom. The tub is on the left, the two pedestal sinks will be straight ahead and the shower is on the right.



This is look from my tub towards the shower and master closet (in the rear) and the toliet closet to the right.



The electricians had also been back to relocate the outlet for the hood and the drywaller arrived as I was leaving to do some patch work.

Rebuilt Leaded Glass Windows

My father has almost finished rebuilding the leaded glass windows for the great room. They turned into quite a project. The leaded glass was soldered where it was weak and the frames were built up so they could be inserted into the windows on either side of the fireplace.

Here are the frames after they were built up. The bottom one has a "skin" on it to hide how the frame was extended.





Here is the built up frame with the leaded glass window inserted



And here is the matching window after the "skin" has been applied.

Counter tops scheduled for Thur and Friday!

This is very good news! It means we should be able to stay on schedule. Hopefully the date will not slip and the installation will be a breeze.

Estimated Move In Date!

Today, we got a best case/worst case move in date from our GC. Happy days! It must mean the end is in site. The best case was 8/27 and the worst case was 8/29. Both overshoot our much revised goal of 8/20, but I'm not complaining. I'm just ecstatic to be so near the end.

The electricians are done. The tilers are gone (they will have to come back to do the fireplace surround and the backsplash).

Scheduled for this week is the plumber and carpeting. Hopefully the counter tops will go in also. If they make it in time, the plumber can hook up the sinks at the same time. Otherwise, he will need to come back.

Next week, landscaping, sod and beach will be installed outside and the hardwood floors will be finished inside (this will take the entire week and effectively prevent any other interior work from being performed).

The final week, they will hang the doors, do touch up work and clean.

Here are a few pictures of what was done at the end of last week.

The front porch light was hung


And the pantry light had been lowered



The tile behind the pedestal sinks was completed and grouted.





The laundry room and powder room floors were grouted



And the hood in the kitchen was hung (but didn't have the chimney on yet)

Let there be light!

The electrician's treated me with a first look at the lights in the house this morning by turning on the power in the house. It was very exciting to see everything lit up. Here are a few pictures.

Lights in the kitchen and nook







The light in the pantry needs to be lowered a few inches



Dining room



Office



Foyer





Powder room (this light might not provide enough light)



Master bedroom



Master bathroom



Computer Nook



Upstairs bedrooms



Upstairs bath



Outdoor coach lights





The tile in the upstairs bath was also done. I really like the silvery grey color with the white tile.



The counters and tile in the laundry room were also complete

And we're homeless... ;-)

Well, today we moved the remainder of our stuff out of the rental and into our unfinished basement. We went to my inlaws (Thanks goodness for charitable family). The good news in all of this is that our stuff is a whole lot closer to its final resting place AND I counted not fewer than 10 subs (and it honestly could have been more) at the house today. The painters were hard at work on the back of the house. The HVAC guys were doing God only knows what in the basement. The tilers tiled the two upper bathrooms and are starting on the laundry room tomorrow.





And the electricians were going like gangbusters. Here are the upstairs bedroom light fixtures.



And the computer nook



My office



And my favorite so far, the dining room

Powder room tile and SW Beach House

Today I was pleasantly surprised to find the tile in the powder room down. It is a small tera cota mosiac and I'm really happy with the way it turned out.



The wall tile was almost completely done in the master bathroom. Here is the shower



And the wainscotting



On the exterior, the painters had made good progress as well. Here is the front door



and garage doors



And here is the trim color on the sides of the house.





I think the pseudo carriage door also looks nice now that it has been painted.



The tilers said they should be done next week, so that is great news!