Sunday, August 24, 2008

August 23, 2008 - Interior Painting

Well it has taken over a year but, Brent actually was applying interior primer on the ceiling and walls in the kitchen. The Workmans have nearly finished installing all the sheetrock downstairs and it looks great. Lynn continued to install insulation on the exterior walls upstairs and should finish next weekend. Now the the interior is taking shape it really makes us happy to see the vision coming together, yet sad we will not live in Zelda.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

One Year at Zelda on July 13th

Great News - The electrican finally reached the point and called for an inspection. It passed. We are at the one (1) year mark from when demolition started, and new progress is being made. Since Brent moved to Chattanooga, the progress at Zelda has been slow, but this weekend, we made a lot of progress.

We had a full work crew on Saturday, Brent, Lynn and the twins, that allowed us to have two (2) crews for installing insulation. At the end of the day, we had finished 90% of the downstairs. Next weekend, we will finish the downstairs and start the upstairs.

The sheetrock work will start this week. Ray and his family will start hanging the ceilings and interior walls. Brent still has a few corners to add nailers, but we are excited that walls will soon define the house. We still have to have an inspection made on the insulation before the exterior walls are allowed to be sheetrocked.

The twins, Jennifer and Jessica, have been accepted into the University of Tennessee and will begin school this fall. They move into the dorms on August 20th and can hardly wait.

We should post some new pictures of the insulation, sheetrock and wiring after next weekend.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Rub a dub dub

Brent installed and plumbed the upstairs bathtub this past weekend. He is now in the process of making sure all is ready for the sheetrock. The electric contractor is almost and I mean almost ready for the rough in inspection. I will not hold my breath.

At the middle of May, we reached the ten (10) month date on our reconstruction. The past four (4) months have been slow due to Brent commuting from Chattanooga and the slow progress of our electrical contractor. We have also had some personal issues, ranging from a funeral to prom and soon high school graduation.

I promise to put some pictures of the current state of Zelda soon.