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Well, the weather was good to us this Thanksgiving extended weekend. We've had several days of sunny warm weather - above 60 degrees most days. Kenny has been working for several days straight and we've been fortunate to continue to have family help. Thursday - Thanksgiving - Kenny was at the house at dawn working on the roof trim. Kris' brother Rick and his family were in town visiting, so they all visited early in the day for a tour. While Kris and Rick's wife Kerri went back to the house to cook Thanksgiving dinner and let the kids play, Rick helped Kenny finish up the peak trim before they called it an early day and came home for the feast. Friday, Kenny was at the house before daybreak again and his dad drove up as well. Then a little later, Kenny's uncle Joe and his colleague John drove down from Columbus to run wire for data, cable, and phone. They were able to finish the whole house in a day, while Kenny and his Dad worked until dark. Kenny's dad spent the night Friday, so it was a full house - 9 people - and Kenny and his Dad were up working on the house by 6am Saturday. On Saturday they rented a lift to be able to reach the high portions of the north roof. They worked on furring strips, soffit, facia, and other siding prep. After Kris' borhter and family headed back to New York on Saturday afteroon, Kris and the kids went back to the house to help Kenny finish up and his Dad headed back home. Kenny worked well past sunset on Saturday night and we returned the lift and made it home by 9 pm - which made Saturday quite a long day. Enjoy some pics from the weekend progress. Also note that on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, our plumber Donnie was able to run quite a bit of copper supplies, so the plumbing is moving right along as well. The sunset pictures are from Saturday night.
We've had a little progress this week. Kenny and I were able to get all of the house covered with housewrap and ready for siding this past weekend. Gravel was spread over the drive and turn-around areas near the house. It makes such a difference to be able to park right up next to the house instead of having to walk back. Although we had quite a bit of rain on Saturday, we were able to finish the house wrap and get most the the trim up to get ready to finish the soffit. You can see from Kenny's boots how muddy it was getting - not a great thing when you are working off of slippery ladders in the rain! We also finished framing the walls in the basement around the bath and mechanical rooms.
Then on Monday afternoon, the metal siding, trim, and gutter were delivered. It was just as interesting getting the siding back to the house as it was for the roofing. This time it took two drivers, two fork-lifts, and about 2 1/2 hours. In the mean time, the mail was delivered and we received our notice that we had been approved by the Ohio Department of Developement - Office of Energy Efficiency for our Renerwable Energy Grant. This means that we will get our 4.4 kW PV system and solar hot water heater! This means that we should be able to attain our goal of a net-zero energy home. We will produce enough (or more) energy over the course of the year to offset our total energy usage!Today, Kenny and I are planning to put the last 3 pieces of roofing on the garage roof, and the plumber is coming to get started on the waste drains and vents. We are hoping the plumber can be finished in a week. That's about it for now. If the weather is nice, we're planning on working through Thanksgiving installing siding - so Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We're still hoping to have all the plumbing, hvac, and electrical inspections and spray foam insulation applied before Christmas. Then our goal is for drywall and interior finish work from January until spring. We're still holding on to a move in date by Easter, but who knows???
