We've been at the house several times this week both together and separately. Two things this week that have been taking our attention - the skylight and the laundry room/main bath area. (among others!)
We still had lingering worries about the laundry being squished, so a chat with the carpenter on Monday ended up that he would draw it all out on the floor and see that it fit. The laundry room, main bath and front bedroom doors are all at angles. If one is off then they are all off. As well, there is a small linen closet between the main bath and the front bedroom. I felt better that we were able to see it on the floor first.
There was also a lengthy discussion about the skylight positioning, and the framing around it, how it would look this way and that way. Sergei points all over the place with his measuring tape and draws small sketches, but it still takes us a while to figure out what he is getting at. We just asked him to put the skylight frame where it says on the drawings and we'll come back when we have a frame of reference. And yes, we still had to go out and buy the skylight, which means Andreas calling up the place the builder recommends, finding out the choices, doing some research on the internet, discussing amonsgt ourselves, asking advice of people we know with skylights...and then still driving out to the showroom north of the city.
We are also still waiting for the updated drawings on the front porch details. Our drawings are not all inclusive and so we needed the engineer to visit, then the details redrawn by the architect before construction could start. A week later, we are chasing these down and the architect was still waiting on the engineer, but the engineer was waiting for specification on whether or not this would be a enclosed porch or not (which we had explained to the carpenter days back, it is enclosed) because the type of wood would change. It seems to be all sorted out only the drawings that were supposed to come today have not showed up yet.
Also this week, one next door neighbour complained he now has no light in his kitchen window (I can't help that unfortunately) while the other side neighbour phoned me at work because she was worried about the roof overhang and eavestroughs being WAY too close to her house. After much review and discussion we think it is an optical illusion, but this morning she made the carpenter climb up on her roof and bring a piece of wood and a measuring tape to actually show her that it would be okay. It is.
One more thing, the front door side and top window glass design that we picked would not allow for sandstone cladding to match the windows, so we said that's okay go with primed whatever and we'll paint it. Couple of days later, we get a call to say it was actually a discontinued designed, so we picked another one, only to discover that it is more expensive. We're still digesting what to do about that.
Also completed this week - inspection of the plumbing in the basement, gravel brought in to cover it all. Best of all, the roof sheathing is almost done, which means the house is practically completely enclosed. Next decision to be made - SHINGLES. Oh, and we better pick out the plumbing fixtures soon, because the builder reminded us to...
Basement gravel
Future home of the 4' x 4' skylight & the last of the sheathing going up
Front and Back
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