The rough-in plumbing did pass on Monday, October 22nd. We are still waiting, for the hvac contractor to finish hanging the ducting exhaust in the floors before the subflooring is laid. Brent has contacted him several times, and he did show up and work a couple of hours last week, but did not finish. He lacks only a few hours.
We did purchase all the insulation for the walls and flooring on the first floor. Timing was right again as Lowes's had R-19 insulation on sale at 25% off. It makes for a big bill, but in the long run it does save money. Brent did install the 6 mil plastic sheeting for the vapor barrier in the crawl space for the majority of the house. He has one (1) room and a few touch-up spots to finish. Also, he was able to insulate below the floor of the pantry and lanudry room. He is stapeling chicken wire below the floor joists to hold the insulation in place.
On the back side of the house, it was discovered that part of the walls supports were not touching the base plate. Brent decided that the entire back should be removed inspected and reframed. We hired our roofing
contractors to perform the work, which was to remove the existing aluminum siding, original siding and then reframe and install OSB and house wrap. We are also having them install a couple of new windows and a set of french doors which will open onto the patio. We are going to install the cement board siding over the OSB which will last longer and replicate the original siding.
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