It's not supposed to be this cold yet!

The weather is unusually cold right now. Unfortunately, half the house isn't insulated, so it doesn't make any sense to even try turning the heat on..... Hopefully the cold snap will end soon, and the insulation will go in in about a week or so....

Preliminary wiring for solar panels

The solar panel installer is over today running the preliminary wiring from the roof to the basement. If he runs it when the house has no insulation or drywall, he can run everything inside the wall, and it will look much cleaner and more professional. The latest ETA on the panels showing up is January some time.....

Passed framing and strapping inspection

No pictures for this post, but we passed the building inspection for the framing and strapping. That means we can start covering the walls up with siding and insulation.

Most of downstairs windows are in

All of the downstairs windows are in except for the bay window. Since they are installing a new window directly over the bay, they decided to do the 2nd floor window first. The bay window area is all framed, though, so it should be a relatively simple process to put it in (Heavy process, but simple.... :) )

We have use of the front door again!

Windows are going in

They put all the windows in the new addition part of the house. That part is relatively easy, since all of the rough openings were configured for those exact windows. The next part, retrofitting the old part of the house, will take a bit more effort.

Roof shingles are on

The roof shingles are on for everything except the "eyelids" over the bay windows. That should make the shell significantly waterproof for a while. It will keep the majority of rain from coming straight down into the shell, and only come in through the window openings.

Front door is in

They installed the front doors and transom window. The foyer is still closed off to the old part of the house, so we aren't using the doors yet, but at least we can see what they look like. I was worried about them looking too big, since they are double doors, but with how wide the house is, the scale is perfect.

No front door!

Front door is gone! Well, that's one way of keeping away solicitors.... :) The foyer bump-out was taken down, they started framing, and had to cut away part of the wall inside so we could use the stairs.

Roof is framed

They put the roof rafters up and there's plywood on the roof. They are almost done with the rough framing. Just the front foyer is left.

2nd floor framed

All the 2nd floor walls are framed now. It's a little hard getting good photos since it's on the 2nd floor now, and we haven't opened up the existing house to the new house. The only way to get to the new 2nd floor is by ladder.