Mud, Tape and a ROOF!

If the mudding and taping seems to be taking a long time...it is!  And the reason is because just one lone 'mudder/taper' is working on the house.  A crew could whip it out in a few days, but one man...yikes!  I feel so bad for him..he works so hard all week, all day and Saturday's too!

This week he may not have had help but he did have company...the roofers arrived and have nearly finished putting on the metal roof.

Yay! and Yikes!  that means we need to up our decision making on the inside because things are going to start happening very soon and quickly!

WhooHoo!  she says...terrified!

Basement is about done...the drywall part at least!

 Roof on the side of the house...check!

 Roof all over the house!  Double check!  Now just the fine tuning to go.

Taping and Muding begin

The drywall has been installed.  The taping and muding has begun.  This is a messy and long process and with our house and walls we are expecting it to take 2 weeks.  This isn't necessarily a bad thing because we still need to finalize the cabinets, cabinet colors, fireplace design, flooring, bathroom tiles and paint colors...aggggh!  As much as I'd liked to have been ahead of the game on a lot of the decision making I'm not there yet and it's driving me crazy!!

But in the meantime...we tape....and mud.....

The drywall is in!  It's starting to look like a house, don't you think?

Guest Bedroom

Guest Bedroom

Living room with drywall complete and the worrisome fireplace in the center

And just like that...drywall!

The frame we call our 'house' is quickly turning into a true house!  The drywall is changing the landscape for sure and it's daunting and exciting at the same time.

They have been going fast and furious and should be done today...with the mud and tape coming tomorrow.

Getting ready to get warm!

We are 'enclosed' and what that means is that moisture cannot get into the house.  And what that means is that we are able to start working on the inside of the house...and...

first up...

insulation!

The deck timbers in place

After the beams were set, the deck joists were installed

                                And the living room slider was finally installed too!

Garage staircase

Now we are just waiting for the roof to dry so we can get the house closed in.  Once that happens the insullation will go in and then drywall!

While we were gone....

we were off on a little vacation last week, skiing a little and visiting friends.  We were lucky enough to have our neighbor (who went through this whole 'home building' thing last year) keep us up on what was happening at our house.

And what...I hear you ask....was happening?

Well...the Beams!  THE BIG BEAMS were placed!  The roof line was finished and we went from alien house to pretty cool framed house!

Alien house

To Cool looking house!

 

Okay...we give up...weather wins!

Every week we hope that there will be something new to post...and obviously if you look at the date of this post and the date of the last post you know...there is nothing.  Delays have been a constant for us...and now the weather...snow, snow, snow.  Sigh.....

A few ... bits of ... progress...

a bath tub downstairs,
                    a framed fire place
                                                   electrical just about done...

but not enough ... progress ... to give us any sense of .....progress.

Here are some photos ... of the above... just because...

Downstairs Tub

Framed fireplace and yes, fireplace is in it

Canned lighting in the ceiling...

Wall switch..on the wall...

Electrical wires...

AND...through it all

 ... we have managed to find some fun, some laughs, some joy....

Greetings from the kitchen!

And lots of Gratitude!

Home sweet Home!

Windows, Windows, Windows!!

What a difference...                                

Before windows....

 and After!!

Before Windows

And After!!