Status Report, 24 Jan 2022

Big Picture: Where are we?
Inside, Trim work on third floor is complete until the doors arrive. Tile work underway in second bathroom. Sanding of stairs coming along nicely.
Outside, Lots of snow this week- 12″ on the 17th, and another 4″ on the 23rd.

Goals for Week of 17 Jan

• Complete trim work on third floor (net of doors). This will include some custom-milled work for the windows. {completed!}
• Continue tile work on second floor guest bathroom. {in progress}
• Get stairwells cleaned and sanded (Team Grey) {underway}

Accomplishments

• Third floor trim is complete, net of the door installation.

Corp Update

• Refinance work is coming along. We cleared underwriting this week.
• Mom is plugging away on the stairs and other projects. Plus, it’s just fun having her here!

Mintwood St

• Demolition:  Work is complete.  See blog post
• Roofing. {no changes from 4 Oct. Roofing is complete}
• Carpenters: {no change since Jan 3 2022} 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 this week.
• 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 continues to crank away on trim. We are working through the stack of trim, but also trying to figure out how to stack it to make progress. It’s a real challenge w 8000 lf of trim.
• Finish Work
  • Tile work on the second floor bathroom continues. This week, we should be able to finish that (provided we can get one schluter piece we need).
  • Trim is complete on the third floor. We custom milled window sills and some trim for those windows. (The dormers are too narrow for standard trim). All other base and caps are in place, except where they intersect doors. We will need to install the doors before we finish.
  • 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

• Complete tile work in 2nd floor guest bathroom.
• Start wall tile work in master bathroom.

Pearl St.

• Rich has given me contact info for the inspector, but inspector isn’t very responsive. It is clearly going to take some work to get him out to close out this permit.

Next Steps  

• Paint door to Zoe’s room.
• Finalize electrical inspection, close building permit.

Goals for Week of 24 Jan

• Complete tile work on second floor guest bathroom.
• Complete stairwells – cleaning and sanding (Team Grey)