The framing is moving along well, even in this horrible heat. The workers are starting earlier this week and working half days in the worst of it to escape the worst of the heat – 32deg + humidity on a dark asphalt roof is none too pleasant I’m sure.
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| July 16, East side dormer started |
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| July 16 - North and west sides - Dormer started. |
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| July 19, North and East sides |
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| July 19 West side - we have a dormer! |
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| July 20 - Overhang added and roof cladding started |
We will be losing our kitchen this weekend – we found a couple that need the cabinets – so that’s all looked after (I hate wasting – so it’s nice to see them get put to use). I’ve started packing and purging the kitchen contents, not sure how so much stuff was fit in this kitchen! We will be moving the fridge into the dining room and keep a few small appliances, rice cooker/steamer, microwave, blender, kettle, etc and using the BBQ a lot over the next little while.
Other changes since the last post: the siding is now going to be done by our main contractor, once the final total came in from the local siding guy our contractor figured he could beat the price… so sounds good to me! He can get the same materials and colors but he has a few more options, so we may go with a more blue siding - still dark though - pictures to come.
We also got a few more things checked off the list, windows and doors have been ordered, we are going with triple glazed North Star windows - all double hung, steel doors and we ordered hardwood flooring for the existing 1st floor (living room and dining room) and the new master bedroom has been ordered. We ordered a ¾” thick 2¼” wide solid hickory in a natural color. I can’t wait to see this down, I think it will be very nice, can you can’t beat the price – $3.07 /sqft! I ordered it through Lumber Liquidators, and we will have to pick it up in Toronto, but you are hard pressed to find laminate that cheap – so it will be worth the drive!
We also got a few more things checked off the list, windows and doors have been ordered, we are going with triple glazed North Star windows - all double hung, steel doors and we ordered hardwood flooring for the existing 1st floor (living room and dining room) and the new master bedroom has been ordered. We ordered a ¾” thick 2¼” wide solid hickory in a natural color. I can’t wait to see this down, I think it will be very nice, can you can’t beat the price – $3.07 /sqft! I ordered it through Lumber Liquidators, and we will have to pick it up in Toronto, but you are hard pressed to find laminate that cheap – so it will be worth the drive!
We also had our meeting with the ‘kitchen guy’ Bill. He was very quick coming back with a drawing and had some great ideas. He is going to do some test swatches to see what he can create for the finish on the cabinets – the ones in the photo that we are working from are likely custom painted on site – and that will cost big bucks, and I don’t have the time or want to do it myself, so I’m hoping they can do something similar with a spray on and wipe off effect which will be much cheaper. The initial cost on the cabinets is higher than I want (it’s a ton of cabinetry, with lots of custom units, almost all lower units are drawers and double height upper cabinets that will look built into the ceiling) – so we found some changes to reduce the costs without changing the layout or overall look. Just need to put the deposit down now - eek!
He did suggest going to Ikea for the sink and faucet, he said that the quality on them is great and you can’t beat the price. I’d have to agree, this same sink at Home Depot is twice the price. I think we will use this faucet, from Ikea.
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