Pics in order: trench dig in process taken thru kitchen window, porch at present, the day's siding trash pile, view of land after trench filled back in, and a shot of the house project as it stands today.
OK..here is the update from the past few days:
1. The well is now connected to the house...but in a temporary fashion. Our well guy has to come back to complete it early this week (we hope).
2. So, right now our water is still a bit brackish, smells a little...and tastes yucky. We are told it needs to settle a bit. It cannot even be tested for 3 weeks. That was news to us.
3. Glen did not work at the house this week. It was his brother-in-law's funeral and all. So, between that and the snow this week, the outside siding and window job is slowed down quite a bit. Will got a couple of days in and is well on the way to having the porch walls framed up for the 2 new windows and siding. It will become our expanded bedrooom. The windows for that space are ready to be picked up.
4. Insulation and sheet rock for the inside of the new porch/bedroom wall got delivered this AM, along with 2 x 3's for framing out the new closet along the west wall in that new room. The pickwick pine to finish off the walls in the bedroom is on order. It is just like the rest of the "porch" walls and the living room walls. Sounds like the son and son-in-law (Elarsix and Shnitzle) are going to be able put in some time up here this week (maybe some next week too??) working on the bedroom and the bathroom.
5. Bathroom?? Yup, I picked out a new vanity, sink and faucet yesterday. It is a cherry cabinet with a while porcelain sink and a curvaceous chrome faucet. :-) We are planning to rip out the old vinyl floor in there, then sand and poly the nice fir flooring and put in a new vanity....perhaps a new toilet too.
That's about it. Hopefully the next 3 weeks (Jan. "break") will see a lot of this completed. I cannot wait!! It will certianly call for another party.
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