Stucco is done - woo hoo!

Well we have emerged from our bubble and have new stucco on the exterior... Next step will be some soffit and facia and of course nice stone in the front! Eric is on the top of the scaffold being shy, his dog Cocobean down below greets me every day and has been so friendly and well behaved. Chris and the rest of the crew have finished and are proudly showing off another successful job!

My bubble house!

Well our house has been hoarded and is covered in tarps. Chris and Eric have started the stucco process. We have the foam insulation on and they have started filling in the holes with an acrylic compound of some sort. They have giant heaters that keep it from freezing and allow it to dry slowly. It's great for keeping the heat in! Inside our house they have started spraying the walls. The very pretty pink foam will keep us warm in future winters they have about a third of the house done now. The plumbing, gas, electrical and framing inspections happened this week and I'm happy to say that we passed :) I have to say that Gary our plumber did a fantastic job. Our utility room was quite the mess and he's hooked up the tankless water heater and added quite a few new water lines. It's now a piece of art!

Ahhh winter...

Today I'm very happy, our house is getting wrapped and the foam insulation is being applied to the exterior. That will go a long way to keeping our house a reasonable temperature. It's been awhile since I've posted so we have had quite a bit of progress. One day last week, we had three trades working at once. I loved it! There was definitely a hum of activity going on. Dave the electrician is busy wiring up the inside of the house and the trim has been installed around the windows by Larry who is adding trim around the doors today. I feel sorry for him as the roof has been dripping on him  from the recent snowfall. The eaves troughs will be added sometime in the next month. I really admire the workers they work in both the good and bad weather. I think I'll go upstairs and bring them all some cookies they certainly deserve it. Gary the plumber will be here tomorrow along with Denis to run the heating and cold air ducts. Like I said there is a lot to be happy and grateful for... friends, family and a renovation company that knows what they are doing. Well here is what many of you are waiting for... the progress pictures!

Lux Windows :)

Well it's getting colder now and I am grateful that our new Lux Windows are going in. Here's some new pictures of the progress...Here's Mike up on the roof...

This is Riely who belongs to one of the workers. He's so well behaved, never barks and loves to greet us!

This is the first of our two new bedroom windows... triple pane.. quiet and warm...can't wait!

Our new dining room windows... woo hoo!

And these are the windows for the great room.

New Skylight :)

Soon to be placed in the freshly cut holes will be a total of four skylights to help keep the house nice and bright

Framers... such an awsome group of guys

There is a great group of fellas working on my house right now. Don and I continually change our mind on where a wall is going and which wall the venting will go thru. They have been very patient with us. Here's Mike framing in our skylight, and another one of the back with the shingles all done!

A new back entrance!

Here's a picture of the new back entrance(left) and our new kitchen door(right). We've got the shingles on half the house now. It should be done soon, slowing us down is the location of the skylights. We really needed to have the new floor in to decide which truss it would be framed into. Do we want it here or here or there...so many decisions argh! Below is the view from the new dining room out to the laundry room, bathroom and garage.