Not many posts last week because it didn't really seem like much was happening. The windows were supposed to get bucked on Tuesday, and the roofers were going to start on "Tuesday or Wednesday."
I got word from the window installer that they had one of their crew calling sick on Monday which put them behind, so they were not going to come until Wednesday. Wednesday morning around 11am, I drove by the house expecting it to be bustling with activity, and was surprised to see nobody.
Nobody? How could this be?
I got another email from the window company that their guys were showing up "mid day" to do the buck and to make a delivery. And by the time we went back a couple hours later, the roofers were there and the windows and their installers arrived. Let me tell you, it is a little nerve wracking to know that these things (Roughly $20,000 worth of doors and windows!) were just going to be dropped off but not actually installed for a few days. They needed to install some 2x4's and 1x4's around the openings, that needed to be inspected before the doors and windows could actually go in.
We did move all the windows, and the front door, into the house so they weren't visible from the street.
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| My new front door! |
The new sliding glass doors (Double paned, low-e, impact glass= VERY HEAVY!!)
There are two 3' panels and three 4' panels.
And the roof got dried in. The roofers work so fast! They showed up around 1:00 and were done by 5!
But no framers on Wednesday. We got word late Wednesday that they needed more lumber to finish up. So on Thursday, we ordered it and it got delivered on Friday, but the framers would not work again until Monday.
The windows started going in on Friday.
On Monday, the framers were back, but no window installers. I guess they needed to work on their trailer. On Friday when they were backing in, something happened to one of the wheels and one came off. I guess they didn't get it fixed over the weekend.
But the framers nearly finished up. They got the tray ceilings done in the master bedroom and in Sarah's bedroom. They also got the pocket door frames in and the bathtub surround for the Master Bathroom.
Any progress is good when it comes to building a house. I thought that our home would never get done, but once we started working with the flooring and on the inside, the process went pretty smoothly. I should also say that once the windows were installed, it tended to make everything else move right along as well.
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