Siding!

I can hardly believe I writing these words but there is siding going up on the house! It's been a long painful journey but progress is finally happening. Here are some in progress pics, should be done this week. (should be)

November update

It's been a while, a few bits and pieces to report on. 

The shower is finally complete. The old cracked tiles were removed, the wall was re-enforced with 2x4s, new tiles were installed and the shower door was reinstalled. 3 weeks and we're finally in business. It was worth the wait. 

And the glass in the light well cut-out, finally conversations can't be heard between the bedroom and the basement. 

Looking up through the light well at the window being installed

The backsplash is up. Big white tiles with a cross hatched pattern. 

The couch is in!

Finally, we worked with Dee and got our travel pictures up on the wall in the living room. Wasn't sure what we were going to do with the space but she worked her magic and we think this turned out great. 

Next time, the stove saga may have reached a conclusion, I will recap the whole story.

Day 199 - Glass!

Our glass arrived today. I'd love to tell you it all went well but that would would be untrue unfortunately. 

It did go well in the basement - the glass and the mirror went just fine and looks good. 

Upstairs went less well. First the glass for the window into the cut out in the light well was the wrong size and they didn't have the tool with them to adjust it on the spot. So they have to come back. 

Then it got really fun. After complaining that the wall onto which the door hinge was not strong enough to support it, they called me upstairs to show me where the tiles cracked under the weight. 

So that will need to be fixed. How exactly I'm not sure. At the very least, remove the cracked tiles and if possible put something stronger in behind like plywood before re-tiling. I don't know if we have any more of those tiles or when that work can be done we are not starting to use our new shower tomorrow like I had hoped :(

Stay tuned. 

The finished product, looks nice from a distance!

See the semi-circle crack running up on either side of the hinge

In other news, our roof still leaks and the siding guy didn't show up Thursday when he said he was going to and has been unavailable via phone for the past week. Super thrilled about that since it is now November. 

Sigh.

Day 194 - minor news

There hasn't been much to report over the last couple weeks. We continue to SLOWLY unpack and get settled in. 

We will be getting our shower doors this weekend and got our siding this morning which will be installed over the next couple of weeks. All 1500 lbs of it!! Thank goodness the neighbours had some delivered at the same time so we could store it in their driveway, not sure where the 30 foot long pieces would have gone otherwise. 

The sliding doors for our bedroom finally came and look pretty darn good. 

Day 180 - more lights

Not a ton to report, slowing unpacking and crossing the finishing pieces off the list. Notably, we got the lights that we ordered for the 'Great Room' and our bedroom. Here are some shots of them going up.

Our shower glass is ordered, as is the siding so hopefully we'll have those done in the coming weeks as well. 

Day 172 - fully completely

That's it, we're completely out of the apartment. At last. The last 5% is the hardest part. 

On a fun side note, we used our washing machine for the first time last week to discover it now leaks. Quick service call discovered a tear in the lining, a smooth $400 fix. Welcome home. 

Day 171 - Carpet in the basement

Finally we can put our crap where it belongs!

Day 170 - Moving back home!!

Not everything is done but it's time to move home. 
First we start to pack up the apartment. Farewell apartment. Farewall loud neighbours upstairs!

And back into the house. With the help of many. 

Our awesome neighbour Norm for example, who I asked to help us move the couch and a few other heavy things but who ended up staying the entire day!!!! Jodi was particularly grateful. 

My mom also lent a hand (and brought lunch!) and of course Glenda has been awesome too. We are very very lucky.

Now the joyous task of unpacking begins. This I really wish I could snap my fingers and make happen. Soon enough. And soon the list of remaining work items will be done also. The cable is in (that's top priority obviously), the carpet is being installed as I type (so we can move things downstairs and out of our living room), shower glass guy is coming tomorrow, siding begins next week, etc. Plus 6 or 7 more dump runs to get stuff off our porch and we'll be all set.

It's really nice to be home (when I can think of it as a home and not a work site).

Day 168 - plumbing is done

The plumbing for the kitchen, laundry, and all bathrooms are finally done. Well except the shower in the ensuite but close enough.

Here is the powder room.

The ensuite vanity and mirrors (with the blue film still on them)

And the basement vanity

Just in time to move in...

Day 167 - keeps coming together

Crossing a couple more things off the list today as the weekend approaches - our ensuite closet and the closet inside the front door were both installed today. Both look good and went in without any issue.

Meanwhile, an item that was long overdue, the installation of the new basement windows, finally happened today as well. Wish that had happened a month ago but better late than never! Now we just have to finish them on the inside... not sure when that is going to happen...