Getting closer- inside and out!

Interior Step 2

Drywall

Thanks to Tom, Michelle's dad, we are now drywalled! We are so grateful and lucky that he took two weekend days to help us get the materials and install it all. Couldn't have done it without you... thanks, Tom!

Interior steps

Insulation, some nailers, firring things out and getting ready to seal for dry wall!

Not much progress, but we re almost there...

...at least on the exterior. We are wrapped (80%), windows and doors are in, trimmed, and sealed. Fingers crossed, we'll be done with siding this week! And then of course there is the issue of a banister and new gutters. Electrical is already roughed in, so that is neat also! We already have the tile and the lighting bought and ready to install.

Once we are waterproof and protected from the wet, windy winter, we'll get to work on the inside.... insulation, drywall, tiling, paint, a new bench.... that will feel much better :) Maybe by the end of the year?! I have some time in December to be inside to install said lights and tile (gulp!)

New kittens :)

more porch updates, october 2015

We got framing up and then the stairs! Rough electrical was done last week and we have the doors and windows prepped and painted. The hope is that they will go in next week (10/20~24) :)

 

 

Good friends and Ben Harper over Labour Day weekend

Wendy & Keizo,
Kes & Andrea,
Barbara & Jyoti (and Kirin & Sheila),
Kate & Mats

and a Ben Harper concert in Vancouver's Stanley Park :)

Porch (and roof) project(s) -- demo & concrete

Well, our porch was a bit rotten and the inspector warned us to fix the stairs too. We wanted a bench and a closed entry. So we met with a local contractor and we started this project. I have learned so much already and intend to increase my knowledge of the building/construction world. By taking apart the porch, largely on my own with the guidance of Carl, I recognize how to properly build (and NOT build). Here is where we are so far. Only two weeks into the work but demo is done and the materials were disposed of properly. We also poured concrete for the foundations for re-modeled porch and entry.

It turned out to be a great project because there were rotten board, and other weak points that might have led to bigger problems down the road. Including a haven for yellow jackets-- right outside our front door :o

I have also spent hours on the roof (of the garage and the house) all summer scraping moss off. This saves us money and new roofing material later down the road. Easy to do but the dangers lie in falling off the roof or getting stung by Vespidae (wasps, yellow jackets, etc) during the process. Happy to say that I am done with the roof maintenance... only thing left to do is put Zinc atop the roof so that it can was down on its own and inhibit more moss growth in this upcoming rainy season.

Here are the pictures, mostly of the porch, that explain the project so far: