We had some great progress, scattered with a few irritations, mostly from my perspective. We had our first delivery of dry wall and insulation. This is a great sign of progress. If dry wall is coming, that means we should have walls before too long. Dry wall delivery was an amazing process for a first time renovators like myself. They just popped out a window and lifted the pallet up. I thought it was cool.
The house has almost completely been rewired as well. Although the old knob and tube was interesting, the new insulated wire looks much safer. We have new windows in the garage and the house and garage are wrapped in green shrink wrap (I'm sure there's a more technical term).
The 2 minor frustrations of the week were fixable. First the workers tossed the contents of our dog's rubbermaid box, including about $200 worth of medications. Second the oil from the boiler was drained onto the basement floor, not touching our belongings but filling the area with the pungent smell of gasoline.
W is telling me that we should be able to create a semi-permanent bedroom for ourselves in the attic, hereafter referred to as the penthouse. This sounds like a pretty good plan, since it'll get us off the air mattress for a few nights (which I think has a small leak) and might relieve me of mopping duty for a little while. However, the penthouse does have a few drawbacks, including the gaping holes where windows will go and neatly drilled 2" holes where insulation was blown in. I think we'll give it a try for a few nights. Here's a shot of our penthouse suite.
This week, the electric should be completed and the siding should start to go up. I sure hope I like the color we picked!
