Construction, cats and sundry family matters.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Report from the Hill

No pictures today, the memory on my camera is full and I need to figure out which pictures have been stored on my laptop before I delete them from the camera, assuming of course, that I can figure the latter out. (Yes, Seb is away, my favourite tech support crutch is in Germany again.)

I visited Mystery Hill yesterday with some family and friends and can report the following:

-all the windows are in except for those on second floor in stair case silo. They're waiting to install these til after the front porch has been framed.
-all the interior rooms have been framed, even those in the basement.
-we have stairs in the garage to the room above, as well as the stairs to the basement. And the guys have installed a temporary staircase from first floor to basement (in silo) because they're up and down so often. Unfortunately there is still a ladder to the second floor which means only the brave venture up for a look.
-we have started installing vents and plumbing
-we ordered our garage doors yesterday and we'll have them in 5 to 7 weeks.

I've started working with Linda Chapman, our architect, on the kitchen design, and will be calling on Irene Langlois, our designer, to help in selecting bathroom fixtures. Apparently the guys need to know about tubs to locate drains ...

That's all for now. Hopefully next time will be with photos.

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