Wedi Board

 I was a bit surprised today when Valley Floors knocked on the door to finish up the Wedi board.  At their lunch break, I texted the photo above to Colin to him their progress.  He called right after my text to say that he hadn't run the wire to the bathtub outlet yet.  So it was my turn to do some wiring.  After some drilling, and digging around in the attic, I was able to run the wire.

There is still a bit a of gap between the Wedi board and the rounded ceiling on the wall above the shower head.

Evelyn liked standing in the new shower.

Stripping the Roof

The weather is going to be relatively mild this week with rain at the end of the week, so Justin decided to work outside on the roof to give Colin a few more days to work on the wiring.

They stripped the old roof off this morning.  When we bought the house 15 years ago, the inspector said that the roof was in bad shape and that we should start saving to replace it.  I guess we were lucky it didn't leak.  Justin said that the shingles were in such bad shape, they just broke apart like potato chips. 

Meanwhile, here is the hole left after Colin removed the upstairs panel.

Walls and Wiring

Colin finished most of the wiring he needed to do before the drywall went up.  He decided to remove the upstairs panel and run new wires up through the china cabinet opening.  Until he is done, we won't have power upstairs. 

With the walls up, it feels like we have real rooms.  Evelyn loves it.  She was doing all kinds of silly dances in her room.

Wiring

Colin spent a good amount of time this weekend working on the electrical wiring and the speaker wires.  He used his new toy to drill beautifully perfect holes in the drywall.  He wasn't able to finish all the wiring by today (Monday), but it worked out okay since Justin and Keefe were pulled off to work on another project.  Colin has until Wednesday now to finish.

Inspection and Drywall

Colin spent many hours last night getting ready for this morning's electrical inspection.  He was able to run most of the electrical wires but not all of them.  We still have the supply cable to the upstairs panel, which is an issue.  We will either reroute to the upstairs panel it or get rid of it completely, and replace it with a second panel in the basement, running new wires upstairs for all the circuits.  We had a plumbing and electrical inspection this morning, and then the guys were waiting for the drywall to be delivered (which was late because they were short a driver).  We passed everything just fine.  We need to put a little access panel for the tub mechanics, but that's the only issue.

The drywall finally came along with half a dozen buckets of joint compound.  Justin and Keefe started in the dining room, and it seemed to take them only minutes to finish the ceiling.  Although hanging drywall always seems to shrink the room a bit, the room is so much brighter.

Evelyn loved watching the drywayll being hung in her room.  

New Wires

Armed with his new cordless drill, Colin started wiring Evelyn's room as well as the dining and living rooms.

Alistair meanwhile built a large Lego train layout in the now mostly empty "Blue Room".

Opening Up the Floor

This week, Colin started wiring for the new bathroom as well as rewiring what was the kitchen and the living room. Chris also ripped up the old floor so that the plumber (Shawn) can run the pipes. In the photo below, the joists under the plywood run perpendicular to the wall. There appears to have been a staircase at some point (fifty years ago or more). Very curious as to what the layout of this house has been over time.

No sign of any bats in the attic today.