Remodel (Massive) - Sarah and Ken's

Well we have 99% of the remodel completed. Just a little bit of furniture left to get i. You may compare this video with the original video and you can see the before and after.

Ok its been 2 weeks since the last video and a lot of work has been done. The counter top has been installed in the kitchen cabinets, sink. The final outside windows installed for the cathedral windows, all of the outside trim installed and just needs paint on the master bedroom outside windows. All the doors have been removed for painting, the baseboard and the door trims are up for painting. 1st floor window trim and baseboards are painted. Its beginning to look like we may be able to move into some rooms soon.

WOW an amazing amount of work this week with cabinets and window trim. We must of had 10 people here for a couple of days. The painters have started caulking the moldings and prepping the doors for their final coat. Monday we get the drawing for the counter top cut, which we have been working hard to get the massive cooktop and downdraft to fit into the counter. The wall to the attic for the family room fireplace has been put up and Dave our carpenter made a removable box to cover the exhaust pipe. We will figure out later how to put a bench or something over it to hide it.

Well we have 9 weeks completed and the doors really begin to make the house look normal again. The tile crew finished the guest full bath and powder room tile. just need grout. Sarah has a special made color grout to match the tiles in the powder room which will be interesting to see.

Well it's been 2 months and its beginning to look like we are 1/2 way there if not more. New floors (check, well except for master bedroom), New windows (check - well need 3 more), New tiled fireplaces (check, need 2 fireplaces installed but they are all tiled), as I'm writing this all the new 4 panel doors were just delivered. They will show up in the next video.

The fireplaces are almost fully tiled. We are still wondering how the master bedroom fireplace should be "framed" for the tile on the wall. We also have questions about how the gap will be filled in around the hearth. Its small but still would be nice to fill it in.

This week the electrician replaced a lot of the outlets with new square looking levitron outlets. We need to decide on levitron or lutron light switches and dimmers. Also the surrounding plate too. Slava did a great job on the Hardwood floors, almost done with the total job. just the stairs and master bedroom left. The trim is up on some of the windows. We have some windows that need to be reinstalled to be more flush and square.

Almost done with the 2nd floor attic. Oh my gosh its snowing insulation.

The feed tube just keeps going and going. I wonder how much PSI (pressure) it takes to push this through that long and winding tube?

Quick video of the truck source of the blown in insulation. This is good for an attic that won't be used for anything. You just don't want to go into a blown in insulation attic.

Its a great view from on top of the chimney - however they have a job to do and that is to install the venting (flexible metal tubing) down this chimney for two fireplace inserts. Each fireplace has a vent and a cold air return, so 4 of these will be installed and a cap designed for clean burning natural gas fireplace.

Today they installed some of the floor leveling prior to hardwood floor installation. This allows the floor boards to not float and squeak or lift up.

Fireplaces are prepared for tile. Flooring delivered, Sarah loves it. Guest full bathroom floor tiled and bathtub wall prepared. Some of the lumber painted and cut for installation around windows. Things will start coming together when the floor is installed next. Sarah found the window sill concrete needed to replace front 3 window sills.

Painting begins in earnest. This will be the primer and 1st coat this week. Later it will be final coat after the trim is installed and HW floors

Putting in the big heavy master bedroom picture windows.

Taping the drywall - cool device puts joint compound on 90deg edge tape.

Well being short - wear stilts.

FYI - Days are in work days, so every 5 days is a week. Today not much work was done, Dave put in the 2nd sub floor on the living room subfloor to make it match the 1st step. This removes the need for a railing. The window guys found one of the bedroom windows was ordered too big.

A good number of changes today with focus on Window installation. The laborer for window installation was cutting too deep into the plywood which drained his batteries. Sarah and I had to make a design decision on how the windows should be wrapped. After looking at 300 or so variations we decided to go with slight craftsman look 5.5" top and 5.5" bottom with 2.5" sides that sit on top of the bottom. no overhang but the top and bottom will have a 1/4" relief.

Today Dave installed several beams - beautiful 4x6 beams under the floor joists to help level and support the kitchen to family room transition. I have pictures of that from underneath. The big visible change however is the massive amount of sheetrock that got installed today.

A little bit more of the sheetrock delivery to our driveway, which Sarah got a kick out of how they delivered it over the hedge.

So this is wild how they deliver these large sheetrock panels 12x8

Quick update forgot to mention they started installing the windows. The front ones required the ledge to be removed so we will have to find replacement ledges for the bottom of the window.

Gas has been plumbed to the 3 fireplaces. The dining room is now opened to the foyer with a massive Parallam beam from Canada which if you ask me looks like cork. We had Dave the carpenter add another 2x4 which ended up helping as one of the 2x4 was twisted funny. Dave taught me that Hemlock trees twist to follow the sun and hemlock lumber can do the same. Cedar does not twist.

Week 3 complete and most of the destruction is done, time to start construction.