Day 220 - Some things I forgot to blog about...

This entry is a bit of a catch all, as it contains various items I forgot to mention before on the blog.

Roof: Today was another beautiful day - started out very mild (at least 15C) and then got a bit cooler and windy. No rain is forecast for tomorrow, although light rain is predicted for Tuesday. The roofers took today off to recover their energy, so no change in the roof status.

Patrick's daughter: Patrick's daughter Julia has her own blog. Amazing, considering she is just over 7 months old!! You can check out her blog here.

Electrical: Last Wednesday evening we met with Charles and Dave the electrician to go over the electrical plan. Framing needs to be completed before Dave can start. The current question is if the electrical work we discussed fits within the estimate.

Aluminum colour selection: I wrote yesterday that we met the owner of the roofing company, Larry. He gave us the colour samples for the aluminum which is used for soffits, fascia, etc. Today we drove to the house that has the stone that we are going to get and checked out the colours against the stone. So we have selected "Sandalwood". (The other colour shown in this photo looks quite blue here on my monitor but is really very close to the colour of the window brickmold, which is really a greeny-blue .)

Framing inspection: inspector came by on Friday to check the framing inspection and had a few minor comments, which Charles is going to check out with the truss supplier.

Exterior lighting: Mark wanted to get some low voltage lighting for wall wash lighting, but it looks like that will be cancelled for budget reasons. We hope to run some wire in the soffits at least.

Expense review: We are meeting Charles on Saturday to review the expenses to date.

Moving ahead:
Fireplace: The fireplace has arrived, and Charles has asked us to have the supplier deliver and install it. Since the dimensions of the unit are not known to the crew now, they will frame the wall around it.

Stucco: Charles is going to arrange a meeting with us and the stucco contractor. One of our neighbours who is building a house (move-in in 3 weeks!) said he is going to wait until next year to complete the stucco and stone on the exterior, so as to avoid the added hassles and cost of tenting and heating. We will talk about this with the stucco man when we meet.

Propane: this is the fuel for our stove, our boiler (heat source), our dryer and our fireplace. We have selected a supplier and will contact them on Monday to arange delivery of the tanks.

Doors/security: the doors are going to be installed on Monday and the doors to the building will be secured with a lock and 2x4s.

Garage doors: Garage door supplier has been contacted to confirm the order. He will install the garage doors after the floor has been poured.

Cabinets: We have tentatively set up a meeting with the cabinet maker so he can come and take his exact measurements and start fabricating the cabinets for the kitchen, powder room, master bath, main bath, and laundry room.

Critical path: the critical path (the things which must be completed on time in order for the project to complete on time) seems to be: roofing, framing, electrical, drywall, finishing. Currently we are stuck on the roofing phase.