We’ve gone on our long summer vacation that took up half of May and part of June.
As you know we are adding an 8x18 closet and a 10x20 front porch. We are doing all the work ourselves (except the re-shingling of the entire house) . . . Tim has now installed all the furring strips on the interior of the closet. Not knowing what the final racking will be on the interior of the closet he covered every possible scenario.
Tim ripped out the old door & framing that went from the master bedroom into the old master closet. This was to make the doorway 14” wider. There will be no door hung here but we will eventually install a sliding door in the new entry going from the old closet into the new closet. (I’ve already have the stainless steel sliding hardware)
We’ve had our first electrical inspection. And we passed!
The house was tented for termites last month. Or STD’s as we are calling them . . . the Social Termite Disease. If only I could have had a pony, balloons and a few more yard carnies we would have been the talk of the town. But at least this pushed one neighbor to be tented as well and another will be soon to follow. We are finding out that most have just been ignoring their situation and NOT talking or doing anything about it. Not a good thing to do when your home is (for most) the biggest investment you will ever have. But at least we were able to camp in the Airstream in the yard while we were tented. Do you think anyone noticed? That we were tented that is . . .
I got a new VEHICLE. Woo-hoo and a yiiipppeee ki-yay!!!! My old Ford Explorer was 14 . . . It gave me 12 great dependable years. I gave it a little hug as I was moving all my stuff into the new one. Originally I was going to get a Tahoe or an Expedition but in the end decided on an Explorer Limited with the new body style. I’m still not use to it. It’s going to take a while I’m sure . . . I LOVE IT . . . It’s hot!!!
Then the house sprung a leak on the inside of an exterior block wall of the garage. Uuuugh. This took more days away from working on the additions.
We have decided what to do about the roof cap on the bay window. Tim has just framed the roofline for it and we will cover it with cedar shake shingles. We had thought about metal roofing or copper shingles.
Tim & I helped start a community garden in our Town of Oakland.
We are about to get our second framing inspection on the new additions.
What we have left to do on the additions:
Tongue & Groove Porch Ceiling
Finish Porch Trim Work (columns & arches)
Drywall on Closet Interior
Flooring in New Closet
Flooring in Old Closet
Flooring in Master Bedroom
Insulation
AC Duct Work
Closet Racking & Shelves (Tim will build these)
Install Stainless Steel Sliding Door Hardware
Final Closet Trim & Baseboards
Final Light Fixture Installation (Closet & Porch)
Paint
Final Inspections
Phewwww . . . that’s enough.
