Progress
As an experiment I think I’m going to start posting daily updates about the progress of our jobs. Not only will it keep the site fresh, I hope to impart information and advice that users will find helpful in their own projects.
It’s been awhile since I made an update. Progress has been kinda slow, but is now picking up. The house now has the vinyl siding 95% complete. The interior of the house has been insulated, drywalled, taped, and painted. This week I’ve been working on getting the trim work done. As with all things trim work is a trade-off. We decided to not take the shortcut that is often taken on new homes today of wrapping the windows with drywall, instead of trimming them out. This adds a very classy look to the interior of a home. The trade-off is that finish carpentry takes a lot longer.
You have to rip a bunch of 1-by material to the right width to go from the interior surface of the windows to the interior surface of the walls. Then you have to plane the material to take out the ragged sawed edge. Next you have to prime/paint all six sides of each piece. Finally, just before installation, you screw the top and side jamb extensions together and then screw the windowsill to those. Now you can install the assembly in the openings. After you have shimmed the openings to square, you nail the assembly in place and run casing trim around the window to dress it up and hide the crack between the drywall and the window you just installed. You can spend a lot of time on a house doing just the window trim.
We also got started on the Kempas (a Brazilian hardwood) wood floors today and made some decent progress. Hoping to have it all done by the end of Monday. This wood flooring offers a beautiful color that varies by a good bit from board to board giving the floor a beautiful varigated color.
In addition to these items McDowell Electric was there today finishing up the electric work. All of our lights, switches, and receptacles are now installed giving the place a finished look…
I’ll update this post tomorrow with some pics of the progress we’ve made.