Exterior paint
It's Benjamin Moore #985, Indian River
Oct 21 - second coat on the front porch
Oct 21 - second coat on the garage
Another odd sight from the garage
Oct 21 - Mooney & Moses will do the gutters and downspouts as well as the various types of insulation. Today is gutter day.
Oct 21 - the M&M staff informing their office that the existing south garage gutter needs to be replaced
Oct 21 - gutter has been mounted around the back porch and east family room
Oct 21 - materials ready to build the downspout by the master bedroom door
Oct 21 - pulling nails from the existing west gutter. This is one of two gutter runs that required replacement.
Oct 21 - the old west gutter comes down
Oct 21 - pulling apart the northwest corner
Oct 21 - the new west gutter goes up
An end-on view shows how flexible the gutter is
Oct 21 - new gutter over the back porch, prior to corner joint
Oct 21 - putting in a corner joint over the back porch
Oct 21 - tapping the corner joint into place
Oct 21 - completed corner joint
Oct 21 - gutters done except for four downspouts
Oct 21 - building the west family room downspout (shot through dirty window)
Oct 21 - cutting the downspout to length (shot through dirty window)
Oct 21 - the downspout goes up (shot through dirty window)
Oct 21 - fastening a downspout strap
Oct 21 - cutting a hole for the east family room downspout
Oct 21 - new main AC unit. The upgraded main heating/cooling system will serve the west side of the house, essentially from the kitchen peninsula west. A second system in the new basement will serve the rest of the house.
AC unit detail
Oct 20 - Jason is working on the exhaust fan run to the second bath
Oct 21 - electrical wire runs from the panel in the basement, up the south family room wall and north over the trusses into the central part of the house
Oct 21 - where most of the wiring enters the rest of the house. The zigzagged wire between trusses is for the right rear surround speaker.
Oct 21 - switchbox and outlets at the right side of the family room door. The orange box and white wire are for the surround subwoofer.
Oct 20 - the other row of family room recessed can lights
Can light detail. These guys are heat-insulated and can sit right next to attic insulation and most other materials.
Can light detail
Oct 20 - the back side of a new code-mandated basement-stairs light
Oct 20 - home theater wiring for AV components that will be tucked inside the walk-in closet
Oct 20 - more zigzagged wiring. This is for the master bedroom left rear surround speaker.
Oct 20 - wiring for the office
Oct 21 - master shower lights and exhaust fan
Oct 21 - master bath light/exhaust fan
Exhaust fan components to be installed later
Oct 21 - hot & cold water and drain for the kitchen sink
Oct 21 - hose bib in patio area. The right side of the block will eventually have a gas line stubbed in for potential use with an outdoor grill.
