The roofers finished putting the new roof on on Wednesday, just in time for the start of the rainy season! Wednesday morning they started shingling, and by the evening they were done. We have needed a new roof for 13 years, ever since we bought the house, but had been putting it off for this remodel. Now we finally have a new roof! This was one of Kurt's three objectives for the remodel, and the first objective to be completed. (His other two are: front door that doesn't stick, and waterproof downstairs. The front door will be the last to be completed most likely.)
Scaffolding has been erected outside the house to put in the windows. The windows should be installed this week, after which we'll have a completely watertight house.
The big gut-wrenching decision we had to make this week was: to put in motorized shades or not. Because we have steel everywhere, putting in motorized shades upstairs requires drilling holes in the steel in the upstairs moment frame for the wiring, and doing a home run from the wall where the switch would be to the moment frame (although I suppose we could do a wireless remote control). The problem is it adds several thousand dollars to the cost, so at this point, we decided to scrap it (although I wish we had the money to do it, as we could have programmed the shades to be down during the day when it's sunny). We'll get manual shades upstairs, and most likely they'll be up most of the time, except perhaps during the daytime in the summer.
I still have to finalize the faucets and sinks for the kitchen, and we have to finish designing the door to the office. I also need to approve all the electrical (now that we're putting in the Lutron GraphicEye lighting control system, some of the electrical has changed). The kitchen cabinets are scheduled to arrive mid-to-late May. I'm hoping we'll be able to move back into the house in early May.
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