July 30th thru August 2nd - Kitchen Plumbing

Plumbing for the kitchen, water, vents and gas was a major project.  Especially the plumbing for the prep sink in the island.  It all took much more time than Gerry expected...and many trips to Home Depot.

July 31st - Clean Out the Garage

Vincent and I moved most of the stuff from the garage to the shop.  Now the shop is almost full!  Where's Gerry going to park the '47 Ford when it returns?

 

Check out the window areas...stuff!

No, we didn't forget to move the TV and we set up a small refrigerator:

 

The windows shown above and the sliding door below were major finds/bargains at Habitat for Humanity.

July 30th - Primer, Plumbing, and Brownies!

Raymond paints the shop eaves with a coat of primer.  Normally, Gerry likes to primer the boards before they're hung, but there was no time or a body to do it.

 

 He doesn't like heights but he got up on the roof of the shop to paint the dormers!

Kenny puts insulation around all the hot water pipes

Gerry uses his handy-dandy cordless copper pipe cutter.  He says it's one of the best tools he's ever purchased; especially, since he is installing all new copper pipes for 4 bathrooms, the laundry room, and 2 sinks in the kitchen.

And I set up the new toaster oven so I can bake mint brownies (thank you, Debbie) and cookies!

July 27th - Roof Dormers Are Built

The dormers were built today:

The dormers are complete:

And Gerry's already got "stuff" inside the shop....and none of it is mine!



July 26th - The Shop Roof is Installed

The walls and roof are complete:

The openings in the roof are for the dormers.

The plywood on the roof has a radiant barrier to help keep the shop cool on hot days.

July 25th - Shop Walls are Done

Two of the windows were installed today.  We got a great deal on these windows at the Habitat for Humanity Restore.

Earthquake straps are installed 

Side walls are sheeted with

July 11th - More Plumbing

Gerry's installing all the interior plumbing for the house--hot and cold copper pipes and more sewer lines.

We put a 1x2 across two sides of an EZ-up so we can move it across the floor joists to provide shade on these hot afternoons.

Master bath:

Laundry room and half bath:

Kitchen:




We moved the water heater away from the house....gotta make sure we still have hot water for my morning shower.