Painting...

The painters have started - both the interior and exterior of the house are now primed. The paint should be completed towards the middle of next week.

Installation of the floor tile will start on Monday, and the solar water heating panels will probably be installed next week as well (we're waiting for an appointment).

We poured the concrete countertop for the master bath last weekend - I will be taking it out of the mold this weekend to see how it turned out. I'll also start welding together the vanities for the powder room and the master bathroom this weekend. We're using square-stock steel to build those.

We also met with the welder that will be putting together the railings for the front and back balconies. He is scheduled to complete that work next week.

We seem to still be on schedule to finish the project by 12/15, which would be nice, since it would give us a week or two to get moved back in before Christmas.

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Update - 11/10/2009

The drywall is now all up and taped, and texturing will start tomorrow.

The stucco should be finished tomorrow - All that is left is a few areas of patching.

The final approval of cabinets happened today as well - they will be installed at the beginning of December.

Southwest Gas also started the process of relocating the gas meter over to the south side of the house today, so it looks like that will be done before the project ends, which is handy since all our furnaces are gas-fired.

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More stucco and drywall

The drywalling has begun, and the exterior has a complete scratch coat now. The plan is to have drywall and stucco finished by the end of next week. After that, the trim will go in and then it will be time to do the painting.

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11/4/2009: Buttoning Up

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted an update, and a lot has happened in the interim.

The trenches in the back and front yard from the plumbing have been filled back so the backyard no longer looks like a war zone. Well, not as much, at least...

The rough electrical an plumbing wrapped up last weekend and I got all the low voltage done last weekend with the help of my brother-in-law. It was a lot of work, but we got almost all of it done, and I finished up the rest over the last few evenings.

The insulation went in yesterday, and the drywall was stocked today (and will begin going up tomorrow). The scratch coat for the stucco was also started today.

Lots of progress, and the end seems finally in sight.

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