Spray foam and rear deck

Spray foam began today.  They are applying 1" on all exterior walls and along the rim joist (where the concrete meets wood).  Although it has some insulating value (R 6.5) this is primarily being done for air sealing purposes.  Much of the day today was prep work - they are pretty meticulous with covering all windows, switches,outlets, floors, objects, etc.  Now that that's all in place they should be able to finish up tomorrow by mid afternoon.

Unfortunately no work can be done during application and within 12-24 hours afterwards (due to the fumes) so I'll get a few days/evenings off.  But then it's full steam ahead through the weekend and Monday/Tuesday night in preparation for drywall on the 1st floor on Wednesday (I think).

Also the rear deck build began.  The majority of that should be completed sometime tomorrow.  That will be nice to have proper steps out of the back of the house (1st floor) again.  It is wide enough to put the grill on one side of the doorway and a pair of chairs on the other side

Changes they are 'a comin!

Lots of progress today.

First and most importantly, all 4 of our inspections passed (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and framing).  This means we can proceed with insulation and drywall.

Insulation scheduled to begin tomorrow, drywall on Thursday (though that might have to be pushed back, we will see).

Also, the storage unit was removed today.  Not quite sure why but I was a bit nostalgic seeing it get loaded up onto the trailer.

Finally, we got our first toilet and sink installed today.  We installed the basement bathroom toilet, finalizing things with the sewage ejector, and go the laundry utility sink installed.

So, now we have an actual bathroom AND a place to wash hands/paintbrushes.  It may sound simple but it is a big psychological/symbolic step.

Workshop stairs

Pretty good for my first set of stairs!  Then again, it is hard to mess up a 28.25" rise.

We are as ready as we can be for inspections tomorrow.  Fingers crossed!

Basement HVAC and front door

New front door installed yesterday.  It looks great!  Still some floor patching to do though.

Basement ducted mini split installed as well.  They will return today to do the short duct runs.

Doors and windows

Corrected 2nd floor windows delivered and installed on Friday.  Note the lack of a gap between the two windows.  This is how three of the rooms upstairs should have been ordered originally.

Also the two new rear doors were installed.

Massive new porch door assembly arrived as well.  It will be installed sometime this week.  Unfortunately previous contractor ordered it "stain grade" instead of primed, so we will have to prime and paint it.

Update

All but one of the low voltage wires has been run.  The remaining one is a very short one and will be done tomorrow after I get more cable.  Also had a chance to mount the wiring cabinet ("structured media enclosure").  Looking forward to wiring this bad boy up!

I also got the double pocket door framing completed in the 1st floor study.

Finally, don't have a photo of it but the shingles on the revised porch dormer were installed this morning...so we are ready for the rain that is expected over the next several days.

Porch dormer re-do

Old front doors have been removed and the new door opening built.  Previous contractor had built the roof almost 8" too short!  House is wide open right now but roof should be decked over tomorrow and maybe we can board up the opening.  The actual door should be arriving any day now.

Random update

Still wrapping up some pre-inspection items with framing and electrical. Thought I would post some photos of some stuff:

My mom spent the last three days doing nothing but priming and painting these.  HUGE help!

Two of 4 in-ceiling speaker boxes I built tonight.  4 more to go!:

1st floor fireblocking:

2nd floor hall bath - alcove wall

Finished PEX manifolds, apartment meters, and walk-mounted utility sink