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Week 21: This week brought a few new changes. The drywall mudding was completed and feels very smooth. The support beams for the stairway bump out were installed, the front door was installed, as was the new furnace, and the aluminum soffits and fascia trim. The furnace still needs the final hookups to the gas line and have the humidifier installed. This week, the house will be primed. We met with Mike on Saturday to finalize the floors (done), the tile (done), the doors and hardware (done), and the stairs (done). We are working with the paint colors and will be deciding on them real soon. So now most all major decisions have been decided upon. We went to the local hardware store which is doing the lighting to put our down payment on the lights and to the tile store to do the same. We also went to the carpet store to start looking at the carpeting for a few places. So, it was a busy house weekend, but a productive one. We are working on the counter tops as well. The siding is in, but we are still waiting for the trim boards, so it looks like we may start later this week or next week for sure. The electrician is still pulling wires, the HVAC subs will be working on the furnace and humidifier. The landscaper starts this week to move some plants and then dig up the drainage system we put in the beginning of last summer. They then will lay the new pipe and hook that back into the system. Ferd came by on Sunday afternoon to check on things and it is now getting to be real exciting that the finishing work is nearly upon us.

Finished upstairs common area.








Finished foyer.









Finished master bedroom.







Finished kitchen.








Stairway to kitchen.









Here are the structural support beams for the stairway bump out.







Here is the front door.









Here is the super efficient furnace. Worth the extra price. Pipes are for the fresh air intake.









Here is the drain and pipe from the furnace.








Here is the fresh air intake pipe for the furnace.









This shot is the installation of the aluminum soffits. There are vent holes every few feet to allow the attic space to breath.






Workers on the back of the house trim.








Soffits with no trim yet.








The front porch.








Another shot of the porch.








Trim work on the fascia.








Completed soffit and fascia over the balcony.








Completed in the back of the house.








Here is the completed work on the front of the house.








Completed stairway bump out.