Day 221 - more progress

Drive-up, Monday morning.

The roofers are hard at work. This photo was taken around 9am, and you can see the ice and water shield is laid out, as well as some of the roof valleys.

The ladder device on the right (behind the Dave-Van) is used to lift the shingles to the roof. One guy on the ground loads the shingles on the shelf, pushes a button and the motor carries it to the top in seconds where the second guy unloads the shingles and sends it down for another bundle.

I spoke with Charles this afternoon, and he said he was impressed with how quickly these guys are doing the job. They have worked on some pretty steep roofs, based on the photos on their web site, St. Pierre Roofing & Son. (You can see the same red Dodge truck that's in front of our house in photos on their web site.)

Installing the doors. This is the door from the garage to the house, it opens into the laundry room. As I wrote yesterday, the doors are being installed so that we can secure the premises.

Coming up...
Utilities: The hydro trench passed inspection, so we got a connection order for Tuesday November 22nd. We filled out the account form for the propane supplier today and Freda will fax it in tomorrow. We should have the tanks in place by the time the electricity is hooked up, so we can have heat in the building next week.

Drywall: The guy who did the drywall for two neighbours came by to see progress. He will be giving us a quote later.

Phone/network/alarm wiring: Charles and I spoke about this. We got an estimate from the Pookoo Group so may get them to run that for us.

Interior columns: I am going to meet Charles out at the site tomorrow to discuss the interior columns. Freda and I spent some time this evening talking about the trim. I may post an entry about the trim sometime. We have simplified our plans for the trim somewhat for two reasons, (1) some of the trim we had planned looked too formal for our tastes, and (2) the everpresent budget. In this case, reason (1) was the driving factor.

Powder room: previously I had blogged how we mistakenly ordered the wrong faucet for the powder room. We returned the incorrect faucet and ordered the proper faucet and sink from Preston Hardware. The new sink/faucet combination was a bit less than the original plan, although that difference was unfortunately consumed by the restocking fee for the tall faucet.

Kitchen backsplash: we have been trying to figure out what to do with this. Freda would like to get some glass tile there, but it is so expensive and we are trying to find something that is suitable and won't break the bank. We inquired with the granite people how much a backsplash would cost, but after talking about it over supper we don't think we will go that route.