December 8, 2002
Another week, and another delay in photos. There has not been a whole lot going on. We are definitely in a slow construction period. It occurred to me that because of the long gaps in photos some things where just never shown, so here is a list of some things that have happened, but may not have been documented. The siding was completed, and except for gutters, some caulking, and electrical connections, work is complete on the outside of the house. Inside, the spackling is complete. It was as dirty, messy and horrible as I feared. If you are going to do an extension, be prepared. Dust, dust, and more dust. Debbie and I spent 8 hours cleaning yesterday, and we didn't even touch the new master suite area. I looked in there yesterday for the first time in a few weeks. Debbie put up some sheets, to close off that area, and since I didn't want to take the sheet down, and then drag dirt back into the original house, I just avoided that area. Anyway, as I was saying, I went in there yesterday for the first time in a few weeks, and what a friggin' mess. It will take us at least a full day of cleaning to get it looking somewhat decent. Now that the spackling is done, we need to prime and paint the entire house. My brother volunteered himself, and my sister-in-law to help. We want to start that as soon as possible. We have ordered engineered hardwood engineered flooring called Bruce Hardwood Flooring. We shopped around, and got a good price from a local flooring company. Kent from Kentstruction provided us with a flooring guy to do the install. We are going to take up the blue carpeting in the old dining room, and replace that with the flooring as well. In all we are going to install 1100 square feet of wood floors. This does not include the new master suite, which will get carpeting.
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