Having contractors help with different aspects of construction has sped up the progress the past few weeks, so it actually looks like things are happening.
Thomas continues to coordinate materials, work schedules, and inspections. There are lots of decisions to be made and jobs to be done to keep the experts moving. I just ordered the NC Building Code book on Amazon. Not a purchase I ever thought I would make!
All Hours Plumbing came and did an excellent and quick job. Thomas had to get several loads of gravel to lay underneath the new sewer line. A couple of 10 year old neighborhood boys rode their bikes over. Went dumpster diving. And "helped" shovel the gravel. They thought it was great fun and told Thomas, "you will be a great dad." The plumbers had to work in really cold conditions.
And then Thomas and Walker had to work in really muddy and cold conditions to cover the pipe back up. At least there isn't a dangerous ditch in the yard anymore, but what a pile of mud.
I have hated this tractor for years. One day Thomas and Walker just up and bought it. It had a lot of my money and never did a thing for me. They would always try to convince me that it's a "good thing to have around". Well, finally, the tractor is doing a job for me. I think I'll still pretend to hate it, though.
Evers Electrical came several times to completely re-wire the house. We were thankful they thought ahead to what we would need to pass code, as well as what lines we would need available for our second phase of construction when we add the new bathroom/mudroom.
We had Servitech come to install the HVAC unit (does anyone really know what HVAC means? heat? air conditioning? v??). All of the vents (v??) are now in the ceiling and the duct work is in the attic. It looks like a giant shiny spider web.
In the meantime, Thomas has been trying to finish up the framing for the inspection. He completed the wall to block off the bedroom from what will be the front porch.
He framed in the new window in the kitchen and tore off the platform stairs to the old doorway.
He had to patch in all of the holes into the attic and in the floor. He finally got the closet floor back in.
And he has done TONS of foaming. Ironically, he was in the attic using "fireblocking" foam when the house two down behind Hobbs caught on fire. I walked outside because of all the sirens and saw the windows burst out from heat and flames. It was a good reminder of how quickly you can lose everything! We are thankful for our warm cozy home.
And this sweet babe who probably wonders why he spends so much time in a vacant house across the street from that warm cozy home.
Thomas passed inspections on electrical, plumbing, and framing all in the same day. So he called in ABS insulation to spray these funny little cottonball fiberglass things into the walls. It looks like it snowed inside...and sounds just as quiet as the world when there is a new snow covering everything.
Today Thomas has a whole work crew across the street hanging sheet rock, which was his goal for the end of January. Pretty close if you ask me! At last Hobbs is looking like we are moving forward in restoration as opposed to backward in destruction.
