Matt & Andrea Thieman

I feel a little bad for not blogging this entire week since there was progress on the house nearly every single day, but I was feeling lazy.  Thankfully the framers weren’t as lazy as I was.    Here’s what happened this week…

Monday – framers finished sheeting the roof, got the tar paper on the roof, cut out all of the windows, and started installing the TyVek paper.

Tuesday – it rained Tuesday morning, so no work was done in the AM, but the framers still managed to get two windows installed and all of the other windows had been delivered.

Wednesday – the framers finished installing the TyVek paper and installed the remaining windows and the sliding glass door in the basement.  They would have installed the entry door, deck door, and garage entry door, but none of them were available, so the house is still not fully enclosed, but it’s getting close.

Thursday – it appeared nothing was done this day, but Matt assumes the plumber was at the house measuring for pipe and such that he’d need.

Friday – the plumber started working to move the water meter to a better spot (which included drilling out a portion of concrete), the shower for the master bath and the tub/shower combo for the main bathroom were placed in the spaces they’ll be installed, heating and air ducts were pushed into the trusses in the basement, and some plumbing work was started (the white tubes leading up from the basement into the master bathroom).  Also, Matt was off of work on Friday, so he picked up the entry and deck doors and delivered them to the site.  It appeared that most of the plumbing supplies had been brought that day too. 

I imagine it will be another full week of progress this week, but I won’t guarantee that I’ll blog about each detail.  I’ve really been feeling lazy lately.  Here are a few photos of the outside of the house that were taken Thursday morning. 

We got news from our builder on Friday too.  His new estimated completion date for the house is October 20th.  Sounds like a more reasonable estimate than his September 30th one was, so I hope he’s right with this one.  We have everything picked out that we’ve been told to pick out – shingles, siding, brick, lighting, flooring, appliances, countertops, cabinets, trim, doors, door hardware, and plumbing fixtures (I think that’s about everything).  So, my hope is that they won’t be waiting on us at all and can keep moving at a decent pace.

This weekend was kind of a lazy weekend.  I got to do some shopping, Matt got to do some golfing, and Carter had plenty of time to play.  Tonight we went to Matt’s counsin Joel’s house where Joel and his wife Melissa made us dinner.  It was delicious and we felt so spoiled!!  They have two cats, so Carter really enjoyed getting to pet them and “play”.  He scared them more than anything…so it was funny to watch.  Luckily, the cats were much faster than Carter.  Ha!!  On Friday night we went over to our old neighborhood to say hello to and hang out with our neighbors from before.  Everyone has been watching progress on our house and were joking about having parties when tornadoes are predicted (none of them have basements).  I can’t wait until we are close to them again and can bike to see them on a more regular basis.  I really miss all of them this summer. 

Hope everyone had a good week and weekend…and I hope it’s not another full week before I blog.