roof done, garage started, plumbing and heating rough-ins underway!

Dec 15 - Starting to work on the mechanical aspects of the build this past week.  Our cabinet guy, David Contardi at Superior Cabinets kindly came by to mark out the layouts for the kitchen and bathrooms for the plumbing, heating and electrical. In addition, I finalized the plumbing fixtures with Heidi Voogd at Robinson Lighting and Bath so that our plumber (Nick Liviniuk) and heating guy (Darcy deChamplain) were able to come this week.  Both have started the rough ins for the plumbing and duct work.

You can see from the front and back views that the roofer finished installing the shingles on the house.

You will also see that the front door has arrived, albeit I had a construction door delivered to preserve the actual door that will be installed in the final stages.

And the garage was started on Friday...

Tomorrow I will be doing a walk through with Barry Voogd (yes related to Heidi from Robinson above, this was just pure coincidence!) Coronet Electric for the lights and electrical wiring et al.

It's been so cold, but...

Dec 8 - It was a chilly chilly week.  I think it was -35 one morning with the windchill which make it quite difficult to work outside.  So my dad and cousin decided to frame the basement and take advantageous of the time and the heater in the basement.  We hadn't planned on doing the basement right away but well, it makes sense to, so this is the progress

And the roofer came and the shingles are almost done on the house!

And last but not least, the exterior insulation and Tyvek are still in progress.  My cousin had to leave back for Toronto this morning so if you know of anyone that can help with this task and the framing of the garage (the foundation is already done and backfilled), let me know!

Oh, and the inside is definitely coming along!

looking towards the Great Room and the garden doors which will lead to the deck off the Kitchen Nook

looking towards Nook/Great Room

Dining Room - bon apetit!

Great Room/stairway going to second floor

from landing going to second floor

loft on second level

 master bedroom

(notice every handyman's dream? it's got a table saw in it!)

Looking towards hallway/laundry room entrance on second level

getting ready to seal the house up!

Dec 1 - so they've started to put the tyvek on the exterior, almost done the roof, and just a few windows left to install and the front and mudroom doors to arrive and then we are ready to seal up the house for the cold weather about to arrive after tomorrow!

 Just a few more windows to install and tyvek is started!

looking from the south side view seeing Chris and Christiaan putting up the exterior insulation and tyvek

view from north, silverboard insulation along the main floor is up

 rear view, cribbers took their forms off the garage foundation today

close up rear view, rear architectural roof features are done as are all the windows are in just need to install the doors and shingles coming this week

garage foundations for the double detached garage with extra room for storage

It's been cold but still progress!

Nov 30 - well, it was a cold one since my last post and Yes, I have been delinquent on posting an update. It didn't' help that I forgot to bring my camera with me last weekend when I was helping "clean" the house so I never got around to posting an update last weekend. I do have some photos from last weekend on my Blackberry; however, I didn't get around to getting them off and posting them, so....I will give you an update for this weekend instead.  So since my last post quite a few things have happened, for instance, Gienow delivered the windows and A. Clarke Roofing has delivered the shingles. Most of the windows have been installed with a few to go and the roofers will be coming next week to put on the shingles, the plumber should be coming on Wednesday to install the shower rough ins, so I spent today reviewing and revisiting a couple of plumbing  places (Emco and Bartles and Gibson) and am awaiting quotes. I also spent some time checking out Black Friday shopping and managed to save about $1,000 on a Samsung washer and dryer from Lowes and went looking at Trail and Coast Appliances as I will soon have to decide so we can order our kitchen cabinets, eeks! Here are some recent photos of the basement and elsewhere for your viewing pleasure!

 Basement photos

this is looking from the front door area towards the kitchen nook (on the left) and great room (on the right)

Oh, I forgot to mention the garage foundations were dug and poured over the past few days!

 view from the lane way behind the house 

 Ainsley's bedroom which faces the front of the house or west

 Spare bedroom which faces north

 ensuite (that little cubby where the windows are is where the tub will be installed)

 Master bedroom, windows face laneway (east)

 Master bedroom, windows face south

 My cousin, Alex, up on the fork lift

View from the sidewalk of the front of the house (see the shingles sitting on the roof?)