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January 26, 2015

Drywall Progress Pictures

Kitchen & Breakfast Nook

Drywall joint treatment continues. 

Here are a variety of photos for those who like to see the wet part of drywall.

January 23, 2015

Darn it Marcos!

When the drywallers make a mistake, they have to sign it to let the boss know who did it.

Marcos is on a roll.


January 21, 2015

To the Dump

One of many loads I hauled to Recology today.  Clean wood waste.


Drywall Progress

M. Bath skylight
Drywall is going up quickly.  In two and a half days, these 4 guys have managed to hang 85% of the rock.

Here are some progress pictures.

January 19, 2015

Drywall Arrives


Today the drywall was delivered and craned into the house. 

January 16, 2015

Lower Fascia

Drywall is scheduled for Monday, so it was high time to install the fascia boards on the lower canopies.  (It forms the edge to contain the soffit drywall)

January 13, 2015

The Therminator

What "The Predator" sees
The Energy Trust was nice enough to come out with a thermal imaging camera, to scan the building.

January 11, 2015

For the Birds

Pecked the tongue off the siding, and even tried a taste of the soffit.
We have a bird issue: a woodpecker has decided to start pecking at the edges of the new siding.

January 07, 2015

Blue Cabbage

Funny how regularly these things grow on a construction site.

Proof Negative (Pressure)

Tuesday brought nervous excitement - we tested our building air tightness with a blower door test.

January 03, 2015

Happy New Year


Returned from spending the holidays with family to find good progress on the siding.