The Sky's the Limit (part 2)!

The roof over the great room is off completely, and all the oldinterior walls are now removed! The kitchen is now reframed, and I believe this marks a major milestone -- all the destruction of the old house has been done, and only construction remains.




You can now see what the new roofline will look like, as they have framed the side of the house. In fact, for the first time since we started, there is more evidence than just a portapotty at the front of the house that construction is taking place.


The remaining steel (trusses for the roof) will be arriving on Thursday by crane. At that point, they will finish framing the roof, and then they will (hopefully) be able to reshingle the entire house. We continue to enjoy fabulous sunny weather which is really a blessing given that we have no roof!

The kitchen is also progressing. We've chosen the cabinets, and will have the cabinet maker come down on Tuesday to do the final measurements so we can order them. They have a 16 week lead time, so most likely we will be moving back into the house without a kitchen. But we can live on takeout and use the fridge in the garage no problem. We have a few things left to pick out, but we're getting pretty close to being done with all the selections.

We also had a couple alarm companies out to bid on an alarm for the house (required by our insurer), and have chosen the company (there was a surprising difference in the bids, even though they were both for the same equipment). Another company is designing our home media system (video, audio, internet) system for us -- we'll wire everything for that now and implement it some time in the future once we replenish our rapidly diminishing bank account.

So things are moving along!