So last Tuesday was pretty discouraging... there was the whole big hole in the kitchen ceiling, everything was just a dusty dirty mess, construction was taking a toll on us already!
Wednesday we had off, we were heading to Wildwood NJ on Thursday to crash Amelia's family vacation! It was much needed. We woke up a little later then usual on Wednesday and while Jaxson and I were lounging in bed there was a lot of noise, Brian came up from the basement to see that a LVL had fallen through the living room ceiling.... it was clearly dropped from a decent height as it made a perfect impression through the ceiling.... Jaxson's nebulizer broke the fall... by divine intervention we were having a lazy morning, otherwise we would have been sitting pretty darn close to where the beam fell... we left the house and stayed out most of the day because clearly the framers didn't give a crap about being careful, no it was pretty funny to them. Came home to a downpour and water coming in the house at multiple spots, including flooding the basement because the tarp on the back of the house was just guiding the water to the foundation... after a few phone calls to the G.C. the framers figured something out and we got the place dried out.
Thursday we woke up loaded the car and left, dropped Cooper off at Canine Valley with his Aunt Sharon for the weekend and then met the G.C. John back at the house quick before we left... we made it pretty known that we weren't happy, and it was obvious he wasn't too happy either... the framers decided they weren't going to work because of the chance of rain... So off to vacation we went with the expectation to come home to a house that was ready for roofing.
We had a great time on vacation! Jaxson was quite the fish spending his days in the pool, he even put his feet in the ocean... not a huge fan of sand but he got plenty sandy!
We came home Sunday to a somewhat impressive sight... the shell was up, and tar paper was on the roof, but most of the windows were cut out, leaving the house exposed to any weather....
Roofing was delivered Monday with the expectation that they would start roofing... Some nasty storms rolled in around 3 and it seemed like they packed up and left shortly after that. The roofing is on the roof, but in bundles, nothing was started. Brian called the G.C. again because they were calling for more weather and we needed to have the window openings covered... the framers begrudgingly came out secured all the windows and cleaned up after themselves a little... John must have gotten on them about that too... my favorite thing they do is throw empty toilet paper rolls behind the toilet instead of taking it outside to the garbage?!?!?!
It's Tuesday again, and it's gorgeous out, the humidity dropped there is a breeze and there is NO work being done and no one knows why... the G.C. has tried calling them and gotten no answer.... it's very discouraging, we have 6 months to complete this project (5 now, since we closed in June) and Brian is doing all the finish work, so he needs time to do this and for every three steps forward there is a stop work because someone's upset.... I just want to tell these guys to grow a set and get over it! This isn't a vacant home, we're living here, you have to make it weather tight every single night! I know we're only 2 weeks in but I feel like we should be much farther along.
the roofing delivery destroyed our retaining wall by the street.... :o(
the stupid machine the framers have been using destroyed our front yard too.... :o(
looking up from the bottom of the stairs.
walking up the stairs
our walk in closet
our bedroom
Jaxson's room
spare room
Brian showing Jaxson the new shower
Jaxson checking out the OSB quality... he's seen better!