Big Picture: Where are we?
Inside, Tile work on third floor is complete! Trim painting is underway, and we’ll start installing that next.
Outside, it’s too cold to do much other than keep it clean.
Goals for Week of 3 Jan
- Complete all tile work on third floor. Start and finish the floor, and grout both the tub and the floor {100% complete}
- Continue plug and light switches as practical. {in progress}
- Stretch: start trim work on third floor. {not started}
Accomplishments
- All tile work on third floor is done and fully grouted.
- Trim painting is underway, and we already have most of the trim for the third floor completely painted.
Corp Update
- Duncan St. inspection revealed major problems with the sewer line. We are waiting on an estimate for the repair so we can renegotiate price.
- Mom comes out next weekend for a 2-week stint on site.
- We are going through a significant restack of the mortgages. Working with my team at Chase/Morgan Stanley to consolidate all loans and lower interest rates.
Mintwood St
- Demolition: Work is complete. See blog post
- Roofing. {no changes from 4 Oct. Roofing is complete}
- Carpenters: Framers came out this week to adjust some door heights on the third floor. When we planned to reuse the old doors, the heights were somewhat mismatched. (in a hallway with 5 doors, we had 4 different door heights). Since we ordered all new doors this week, they’ll be the same height. Work was completed quickly and efficiently.
- Windows: (no change since May 16)
- Insulation {all insulation complete as of 27 December} Insulated the basement rim joist this week. It has made the basement noticeably warmer.
- HVAC {no change from Dec 6} Third floor furnace has been connected and is running. Need to get the plumbers to connect the humidifier on at least the basement furnace (not sure if they connected the 3rd floor unit).
- Plumbers: No change in the plumber list this week. Still waiting until the trim is done before we bring them in. I’m expecting that will be in the late part of January. Only remaining items will be setting the tub and tapping the humidifiers into the water supply.
- Electrical: {No change from Jan 3} We had the electrician out this week to look into the short in the master bedroom. Problem has been resolved. He was also highly complimentary of our electrical work. I guess “not fast, but neat” is preferable to “fast and sloppy” – but I knew that already.
- Masonry {no change from 1 Nov} 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: {no change from Dec 6} Per notes above, the plaster & drywall work is complete. All equipment is out of the building.
- Painting: James focused on trim painting this week. There are logistical challenges to painting 16′ long trim boards in a house where the biggest room is 18′ long, but we’re making it work. He also added an assistant this week (fully vaxxed) so that should help.
- Finish Work
- The end panel for the fridge arrived this week, so we can resume installing kitchen cabinets when we are ready. We still don’t have the blind corner unit, but we can make progress if it is important. However, for the moment we are focusing on the 3rd floor. The remaining cabinet is scheduled to arrive January 13th.
- Interior doors were all ordered this week. They’re saying 5 weeks, but so far they’ve beaten each date they’ve set for me, so I’m hoping the doors will be done before the end of January. The price includes delivery from Youngstown, OH.
- 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: Kathryn is making solid progress on the various light fixtures for the hallways and upper bedrooms. Feels good to have this getting taken care of. Thanks, Love. We keep looking for the right pieces for the LR and DR
- Design board is available here, though we made some slight changes after this board was produced.
Next Steps
- Begin trim work on third floor. We should be able to do everything that doesn’t hit a doorway. (Those pieces can’t be installed until the doors are also installed).
- Start tile work in 2nd floor guest bathroom.
Pearl St.
- Still need to close out electrical inspection. Feels like this won’t get done until Mintwood is also done. Getting Rich to put it on the schedule is tough.
Next Steps
- Paint door to Zoe’s room.
- Finalize electrical inspection, close building permit.
Goals for Week of 10 Jan
- Start trim work on third floor. SHould be able to complete everything that doesn’t touch a doorway. This will include some custom-milled work for the windows.
- Start tile work on second floor guest bathroom.
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