Status Report, 1 Nov 2021

Big Picture: Where are we?
Inside, New finishing team has been busy all week, and are making fantastic progress. We also removed the fireplace mantle in the dining room for repairs.
Outside, No changes outside.

Goals from Week of Oct 25

• Get new drywall team underway. {done}
• Get breakers into panel and temp lights in place {done}
• Get insurance documents out to LM {done}

Accomplishments

• New team started on drywall and plaster finishing. These guys are keepers. It won’t be inexpensive, but they do *fantastic* work.
• Electric panel is completed and we have temp lights hanging throughout the building. I’m now working on finish electrical.

Corp Update

• Mom’s visit still on track for next week.
• Liberty Mutual replied to my audit inquiry. Although I don’t like their logic, they don’t seem willing to budge on the audit results. I’m also waiting to hear back from SWIF on the worker’s comp side.
• New windows ordered for Queensberry Circle project. ETA is Dec 6-8, which is pretty much the same as the closing date. Timing will be tight.

Mintwood St

• Demolition:  Work is complete.  See blog post
• Roofing. {no changes from 4 Oct. Roofing is complete}
• Carpenters { No change since 13 Sept }
• Windows: (no change since May 16)
• Insulation {No change from 4 Oct. }
• HVAC We will be installing the furnaces next week. It’s getting cold, and that will impact dry time for the plaster, so we’re moving forward with HEAT!
• Plumbers:  {No change from Aug 30}
• Electrical: Panel is fully stocked with breakers and we have juice throughout the building. We’ve installed temp lights in most of the rooms, and have outlets in the bedrooms, so we have reasonable access to power throughout the building.
• Masonry Glen came and worked with the plaster guys to remove the mantle in the dining room. Kathryn has done an amazing job of cleaning it (photo above). We will aim to reinstall on Nov 8th.
• Plaster:  New drywall finishing/ plaster crew started this week. They worked 6 days and have done a fantastic job. They’ve skimmed / resurfaced most of the plaster in the house, and have been busy with mud & tape on all of the drywall. We stripped the fireplace in the dining room. (The mantle was loose, as was most of the plaster above it.) The team has put board up above the mantle,and we will reinstall later next week.
• Finish Carpentry
  • <no change>I have placed an order for millwork. Don’t have a firm date yet, but they’ve said previously that they’re running 4-6 weeks out, which is workable.
  • I also identified a shop to make custom doors if needed. Likely the case for the front door, and possibly a few interior doors as well. I will commit to them this week.
  • We are likely to wait a while for flooring. The preference is to do flooring well after plaster is complete, and often even after painting is done. That would put us into January+
  • Proposal came in from Chris (RetiredWoodworker) for a fireplace mantle in the 3rd floor bedroom. It was a good bit more than I expected, so we may do this in house instead.
• Design:   The kitchen cabinets were scheduled to arrive this week, but I put them off until Nov 8th. We also ordered a replacement cabinet for the kitchen. During build-out, we’d extended the powder room wall and consumed a few inches from the kitchen. However, we didn’t adjust the cabinet order, so everything wasn’t going to fit. New cabinet should arrive in late December / early Jan.
  Design board is available here, though we made some slight changes after this board was produced.

Next Steps

• Order tile ASAP. Also order Ditra HEAT underlayment and wiring.
• Pick up doors from stripping company.

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Pearl St.

• Still need to close out electrical inspection. Aiming to do this week

Next Steps  

• Paint door to Zoe’s room.
• Build small landing for 3rd floor stairs.
• Finalize electrical inspection, close building permit.

Goals for Week of 1 Nov

• Finish most of the drywall/plaster work.
• Get started on tile work on second/ third floors.