Insulation, Drywall and Siding!

The walls have been foamed, insulation has been blown in (except for the ceilings), and the drywall has been delivered! A funny story (well, I guess you had to be there) Don and I were at the house while they were blowing in the insulation. Remember that the house has been (and really still is) open and rather cold inside! When they were insulating the game room Don and I were both thinking that it was already warmer inside, that is until we went outside and realized that it was warmer outside as well! Here's hoping that it's much warmer when the transom over the front door gets put in, the ceiling gets done and the doors into the garage get here and get installed!!

Tess is really going to miss having the "open" walls! Not only for running through the house, but also trying to play "keep away" from us when she has something in her mouth that she's not supposed to have (and that's often around here)! I love the pictures here of her where you can actually see her paws OFF the floor! She was running through the game room, kitchen, and dining room over and over!

The drywall was delivered the other day. Three truckloads! The first two trucks each had one guy and they arrived together! They should have waited until the third truck got here 'cause they had to unload it all manually! When the third truck (three guys) got here, they had something to unload it! It was awesome to watch the guy with the remote pick up the load, swing it around and get it into the front door! They spread the drywall throughout the house so the drywallers don't have to cart it all over! The drywallers really put that stuff up pretty fast! It's amazing how much the house changes when the dry walls go up! Don thinks it shrinks! If he had to do it over...I believe he'd have a 6000 sq. ft. house! Of course, he's also slight off kilter!

Today was busy with the siding guys working on the fascia, eaves and finally actually putting siding up! The bricklayers were back working on the front and courtyard of the house! The drywallers were finishing putting up the ceiling and walls! I think they'll have everything up by the end of the day tomorrow. Then they'll begin

mudding and taping (or is that taping and mudding)!

They also finished connecting the fireplace and chimney! Don is anxious to have his first fire in the fireplace...he already has a log in the one in his study! He'd better wait until they open up the top!!

As always, you can check out the pictures of the house building at www.picasaweb.google.com/vickileith. I'm on Part 6!