Day 30

Still insulation. I thought that the brick was going to be started today, but it wasn't. Hopefully tomorrow!!!

The insulation guy said that he would be done either today or maybe tomorrow, depending on how today went. So no pictures today, because it looks the same as it did on Friday!

Day 29

Today was mostly an insulation work day, but a few other things happened too.

We got our first set of shutters put in place....

Bricks and mortar were delivered - they will start going up on Monday! I can't WAIT to see the brick!

More foam insulation was sprayed in place. Here, you can sort of see the installer's feet/legs as he sprayed it. I was standing at the foot of the stairs, looking up.

Foam - expanded and in place along the roof.

This is our add-on closet in the bonus room. Here's the doorway.

Looking from the doorway down - there's a little space behind where I am standing too.

And the opposite direction. That one little change added a great deal of storage! I'm so glad we added it - the house already has a ton of storage, but it will come in handy, I know!

Day 28

Today we got to check another big item off the list - we had the pre-drywall meeting. This was just a walk through of the house with the site manager, David, to make sure all the switches and lights were where we wanted. We did move one light over about 12 inches and added some storage that would have gone unused in the space by the bonus room. Other than that, no changes, and we're still on track for an early to mid June closing!

The siding is all done!

I had almost forgotten this little piece on the front would be siding - it was a surprise this afternoon!

All trimmed out and ready for garage doors!

Things sticking out - dryer vent, range hood vent and gas line.

Meredith is in awe of how big the house is, I think.

The other thing going on today is insulation. Nearly the entire upstairs exterior walls were done with batt insulation already.

And a great deal of the roofline was sprayed with foam insulation. The insulation guys will probably finish up tomorrow, brick and drywall will start on Monday!

Day 27

Okay, today was a pretty big day. The house now has a roof - shingles and all! It also has passed both electrical and plumbing inspections from the county.

House with completed roof.

Shingles!

Shingles in progress this morning.

Rear view of completed roof - and almost completed siding.

The house got the line for the gas cooktop today. I'm SO EXCITED about having a gas cooktop to cook on, I could pop!

Sam, looking cute as always, standing on a toilet drain. This is the master bath.

Tomorrow will start drywall! There were stacks of drywall in each room.

More drywall!

Tomorrow morning, I have the pre-drywall inspection, where we walk through the house and make sure all the switches/outlets are where we want them. Kind of a "speak now, or forever hold your peace" type thing before the drywall starts. Al will be attending via Skype - LOVE Skype!!

Day 26

Today brought many, many people to the house. We got more siding, the shingles were delivered, and more electrical work and plumbing was done. The water heater was also installed. When Sam and I went over this afternoon, there were at least 10 people there working!

Front view this afternoon. They worked on soffits in the front today.

Master bedroom (left as you are looking at the front of the house) side. It's completed as far as siding goes.

Rear right (as you are facing the back of the house) corner.

Back of the house.

This is in the kitchen where the vent hood will go!

Laundry room plumbing - washer and laundry sink.

Right side of house - you can sort of see the vent from the vent hood sticking out by the ladder.

Shower in place in the girls' bathroom.

Shower in place in the boys' bathroom.

Very fuzzy, bad picture of the breaker box that is in the garage.

It's just amazing to me that all these sub-contractors can work together and not get in each other's way!

Day 25

Lots of things were going on today at the house! Sam and I made a trip this morning, and all of the kids and I went back late this afternoon.

Ducting still being worked on when Sam and I were there in the morning....

All HVAC finished this afternoon!

Sam "supervising" out the window as the guys carried siding to the backyard.

Rear of the house this morning...

Rear & side this morning...

Side this afternoon - even soffits in place!

Electrical work was being done this morning...

Electrical work and plumbing done (in laundry room) this afternoon!

The plumbing is in place for the kitchen sink and dishwasher

And also for the double sinks in the master bath.

On a related note to a bunch getting done today, David, the head of everything construction related called me this morning to set up our pre-drywall inspection for Thursday morning. As of Thursday, we'll be 60 days from closing!

Day 25

No pictures, but the HVAC guy was working today on installing our heat & air conditioning system. YAY for having air conditioning on this hot Georgia spring day!