March Mudness

It's amazing to think that it's been six months since we began this project. I remember thinking last September, "What will all this look like six months from now?" I did not think about mud, but as you can see, there's plenty of it. Lots of activity has been in process these past few weeks. For one, Gary brought more gravel to make the driveway accessible.


We also had a snowstorm that buried John's truck for a few days.

Basement stairs, and a door were installed. The water was hooked up, too.

The electrical service cables and panels are installed. In the photo below, Sergei guides the cable into the conduit while Marc pulls on the other end with his van and a pulley and rope system.

And best of all, the power was connected!
No more noisy generator :-)

The interior framing continues. It's exciting to see new spaces created. Here are some framed skylights and knee walls on the second floor.

The future guest room:

Closets:

Ceiling:

And we laid out our rock collection. Why? A few of these "chosen" rocks will become part of the masonry heater. The mason has arrived and is currently working on the "core". More heater talk will come in future posts.

The plumber has arrived too. And in addition to pounding nails, John is also spending time designing the kitchen and bathrooms, lining up an HRV (heat recovery ventilation) system installation, and prepping for the cellulose insulation contractor. We've also started looking at appliances and deciding on the models. The specifications of some of them are needed now for roughing in. There's no lack of things to do!