Update on the House

Well, we've had the house for 4 days short of a month, and we've spent some incredible hours in it...though none of them living hours. We still do not have our temporary occupancy permit; we were supposed to move in this past Saturday, and there is still a ton of work to go. Everyone needs to go watch two movies: 1) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and 2) The Money Pit. These movies are a perfect representation of our life now.

I don't have pictures to post because I don't have time to take any off the camera, but I will give a quick rundown of where we're at.

• Kitchen is re-re-repainted in the correct yellow.
• Bathroom is painted...oops, had to re-rip out some of the brand new drywall for plumbing to be done! ...this is another "to be finished...again"
• The bathroom's old floors (two of them) are out and ready for leveling and Wonderboard!
  
• Bathroom floor heating will go in just before the marble tile
• Shower is 80% tiled (thanks, Dad!)
  
• Floors are 40% sanded (to be finished by Tuesday, and ready for stain and varnish)
• Some new locks and handlesets installed by my father (thanks, Dad!)
• Basement is re-wired and ready for new 200Amp service (to be installed this week)
• Some rewiring done upstairs (by yours truly!), but need to complete lighting circuit for new ceiling light in hall (changed from wall sconce)
• Living and Dining Rooms painted
• All outlets changed to meet code (there were tons...especially for an old house)
  
• GFI outlet, switch and light box installed in bathroom (easy with no walls!)
• Shutoff installed on dishwasher line
• New pipes run for hot and cold to bathroom vanity, hot and cold to shower and cold to toilet...each with their own 1/4 turn shutoffs (before I got to work on this house, there was ONE shutoff--the main. Nuts!) I still will have to continue the work of replacing the galv. pipe with copper, though. At least that has begun...
  
• Old/obsolete/problematic outlets and boxes removed or blanked
• Kitchen wall paper removed and walls floated for painting
• Kitchen cabinets painted and repainted
• New wire (14/3 WG) pulled from grounded basement JB for hall light circuit, new boxes installed at each switch and light (there were none!). This will be one of the first totally new-wire, grounded circuits in the house....exciting!!
• Tons of cleaning (thanks Mom!)
• A pocket door installed to increase usable size of bathroom (this was a bit of a nightmare for the friend who installed it), please appreciate it a lot when you come to visit!
• All remaining carpet tack-strips pulled up (thanks Cheryl!)
• New flu liner installed
• Chimney is tuckpointed (thank you Dustin!)
• All new gas lines and shut offs installed in basement
• Anti-tip bracket installed on stove

It has been a VERY busy month, but we have gotten a lot done. I keep promising to post photos, and I will...just not quite yet.

"The house will be great...."