Flurry of Activity

There was a flurry of activity on Monday. Ed, Randy and Ray were putting in the fence posts for the barbwire fence to keep the cows away from the house. ATCO gas was out to survey for the installation of the natural gas line (it has only taken them from April when the request went in). Ken Wilde and his crew were there to put in the forms for the front steps and stairs from the garage to the basement. Jared Janisko started on the mudding and taping and Chad and Mike were building their portable duck blinds.

The two pictures below show that most of the sofit and fascia is on. The remainder on the front can't be done until the front porch is poured.


The following picture shows the new garage doors that have been installed and the excavation that was done in preparation for the pouring of the footings for the front porch and steps.

New Road

At the end of last week they came and put in a driveway from the road to the house. We even have a sign at the driveway entrance that has our 911 address on it; it is 280057 township road 30.

Scratch Coat Applied

Prior to the drywall being hung, the scratch coat for the stucco was applied. The scratch coat needs to cure for 30 days, so depending on what the weather is like the first week of November we could have stucco or we'll have to wait until next year.

Hanging of Drywall Completed.

The drywallers (a company called the Board Lords) finished hanging the drywall on Monday, so now the house is looking more like a house with walls and ceilings.

Here are some pictures of the spray foam in the garage, basement and main floor (Made it look like Barney's house - all purple). The application is a closed cell foam (Mike Holmes recommends this stuff) applied three inches thick between the wall studs. Since the foam is impermeable to water a vapor barrier is not required.

Chad and Mike wanted their names to be permanently enshrined in the house so they spray foamed their names on the walls with a different color spray foam.