Drywall part 2

Here are a couple good pics of Jackson and Adde out at the house Sunday. jackson was tuckered out from NOT sleeping - but getting a tooth! and then there's Adde...White as a ghost from helping mom move out pieces of drywall! She was so strong!

They finished on Saturday about 2:30ish! So fast! It all looks so good and only missing 3-4 wires/can lights ;) Shots of the bedroom and the bonus room.

Drywall

In the end - decided to hire out the drywall and mudding/taping. Good decision. What would have taken us forever took them about 16 hours. Maybe. All I can say is wow - watching them throw those HUGE pieces of drywall up and screw them in - all while standing on stilts! This is what all the rooms looked like on Friday when they left at 7. (2 guys started at about 8 and 2 others showed up about 5:30 that night). They got all the ceilings done...and 1/2 the walls!

Living room

Adde helping out in the garage...she was sorting Beau's bits and tools out for him ;)

Uncle Josh came to help out for the week - Thank you!

Insulation

Insulation is in! You can almost tell too...the house is warmer than the outside! First picture is the bonus room...

inside the garage

our new fireplace is in and ready for winter!

Warm kitchen waiting for those appliances so Beau can cook dinner!

It's Electric

Big Brian taking the skidsteer for a spin...I think he had a good time while Meghan and I slaved away painting!











I got to run the blue wires for speakers in the house while Beau did all the important stuff and Bruce the uncle guy checked to make sure he was doing right! Thanks for the help!















THis is Plumber Dave holding Beau on the roof while Beau puts a vent on the upstairs bathroom...scaling the roof.












The side of the house that I finally finished painting.












We also finally got garage doors! and they match the house perfectly - the garage door man did a fantastic job recommending them! All in all right now the house is completely painted - the plumbing has had the pressure test done (and passed - Thanks Dave) and the electric is SO close to done! Should be able to start insulation next week and then onto what I hear is the really fun part - drywall and mud/taping!

update

cedar shakes are finally on.

next up......wiring/plumbing/drywall.

anyone interested in helping

So I guess when you get a septic system you need a drainfield too. City girl learning all these new, fancy terms ;) Anyway - I think what your looking at is all the gravel that had to be put down to cover the pipes to and in the drainfield. The last picture is the house with all the electrical line heading into the house. That made it in Tuesday night and I guess there are outlets and all that jazz as of last night! Electrician Beau has been hard at work the last few nights...beating out the heat with the big fan he tells me.

Just when you thought

I sincerely thought we were done digging big holes and trenches...but Bruce the digger guy came back and dug a HUGE trench from the house, around the well and to the shed. I think it was the hottest day ever recorded on earth this day - but they were out there and Beau was jumping in and out of the trench like a deer. What did the guys want to eat? McDonalds. Nothing like hot greasy food on a super hot day. ug. Anyway - the pictures are of the front of the house with the trench for the water and electric lines off to the right. The second picture is the lines going into (or I guess near at this point) the woodstove. Third is Beau and Brian's work of art

They accomplished all of that in ONE DAY! Thanks Brian and Jamie for coming to help out-truely appreciated again!