We Couldn't Resist . . .

The spray foam contractor apparently left us a new toy. As we were trying to get the house cleared out and ready for drywall tomorrow, I squeezed this 6-foot tall, 4-foot diameter cotton bag of foam shavings out of the kitchen door (We're talking one HUGE bean bag). Once it landed, I knew I was in trouble. The pictures speak for themselves - we got little done the rest of the day. . .



 

 

Finished Foam

Here's a few more pics of the finished spray foam. We had our Thermal Bypass Test for the Energy Star rater and it went well. She pointed out a few things that we had already seen and already planned on doing, so we are good to go. The last test that the Energy Star people will do (HERS Rater) is the final inspection with the Blower Door Test and the ductwork test. Those are done when the house is finished. The solar hot water heater contractor is coming on Tuesday to begin his work for installing the solar hot water heater and panels. Drywall will begin on Tuesday as well.


 

Almost finished . . .

The Pure Seal guys decided to spend the night in Cincinnati after all and finish up our job today. I just left there and took these photos as they were finishing up the spraying. The second floor is totally done - including caulking and clean up. They had just a few more spots on the first floor to spray and then they'll shave it smooth with the studs, caulk, and clean up. Our Energy Star Thermal Bypass Test is Sunday, and drywall begins Tuesday!

Above and below, views from the loft.

Above - Kaila's bedroom. Below - Dining room.

 

A Close Up

 

Holy Cow, It's a Marathon!

Today has been a crazy day. First, the inspector arrived to do our follow-up inspection. As you can see from the blue tag below, we passed! We are ready for drywall.

Just as the inspector was leaving, the spray foam insulation contractor arrived. (These pics are out of order, as usual). Below is the spray foam being applied to the stair wall.

Here's a few of the loft being sprayed.

A plug for them . . .

The spray foam guys (Pure Seal) arrived from Cleveland at about 1:00 pm today. After some time for maneuvering the driveway and setting up, they began taping off and spraying. They estimated two days for the job, but we just went up to the house to check on them and they told Kenny that they were trying very hard to finish up tonight. It's about 5:20 pm now and they were finished with the second floor, but still had the main floor and some high parts of the stair wall and great room to do. I'll be quite impressed if they finish tonight, but hey, they're young so who knows? Kenny's there supervising, of course :)

The drywall guy called and said he'll start on Tuesday. We're going to focus our efforts outside on garage siding this weekend as long as the weather is tolerable.  

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