Canned Fixtures

This weekend was a quick, one day trip to Zelda on Saturday. Brent arrived around noon to review the electrical progress and meet with the electrican. Work is steady and at the end of the day, we have the canned light fixtures installed in the kitchen and bathrooms. The rough-in of the electrical is still about one (1) week away, so Brent says it will be two (2).

The current goal is to have the electrical work inspected and approved in April, such that the sheetrock work can begin during the month of April. Brent still has no odds and ends to make sure that all the nailers are up prior to the sheetrock being installed. Of course, there are still nails, nails and even more nails to remove from the studs, ceiling joists and floors.

We sure hope that everyone had a great Easter and even if you were not able to spend the day with family, that you did remember the reason for the day and the Grace we received.

Electrical Sighting

The soffit and facial board installation is complete and Zelda has tranformed once again. The is the start of the trim out and it looks great. We meet in Kings Mountain this weekend, Brent coming in from Chattanooga and Lynn, Jennifer, Jessica and Cookie arrived from Holly Springs. It was a weekend full of nail pulling, installing door headers, finishing the upper levels of wall framing and bracing below all the second story windows.

There was actually a sighting of our electrical contractor who was at Zelda all day on Saturday. Nearly all the wiring as been pulled for the electrical boxes, just no home runs back to the panel. This "two" week job that was quoted which Brent budgeted for five (5) weeks may turn into a three (3) month job.

Once the electrical is installed and inspected Brent will have the alarm company install all their wiring, and then the sheet rock can be installed. Then finally and I mean finally, those kitchen cabinets purchased in August of 2007 can be installed.

Back in the Saddle

After one (1) month of not working on Zelda, we were back in Kings Mountain this weekend. Work had not progressed on the electrical front and the soffit work had just begun.

Brent installed an interior wall in the upstairs bedroom, which should complete all major framing jobs. There are a few areas to finish and Brent will install all the door headers this weekend.

The electrical contractor has completed pulling all the wiring for the kitchen. Not much additional electrical work has been completed over the last month. This was a dissapointment.

Outside, the installation of the vinyl soffits and facial board is underway. Wow, what a difference and the work just finishes the look of the house. If the weather holds off, that work should be completed this week.

Thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragemnet over the death of Lynn's dad. Her mom has been doing really well and we can attribute 100% of that to prayers.