Drywall Hung

Drywall is now almost all hung, and we are almost ready for taping and mudding. Every stage of the project has felt more and more like things are actually coming together to make a house.  With drywall up and the rooms actually being divided up as their own spaces makes it look and feel more like a house.  Yippee! 

Kid room

Kid Bathroom

Master bedroom looking down hallway

Master Bathroom

Stay tuned...Taping and Mudding soon to come! 

Drywall

Starting Drywall

Now we are almost up to speed... 
It's Saturday April 7th, and we picked up some drywall on Thursday.  Brandon has been working on the ceilings first and I would say we have about 2/3 of the ceilings hung.  Here's a few pictures to show where we are as of today...

Brandon using his new (used) drywall lift.  This baby has been very handy while installing the drywall on the ceiling as it holds it in place while he screws in the pieces.  No holding the drywall in place and feeling the muscle burn any longer. haha!      

                            

The view as you come up the stairs

View down the hallway into the Master Bedroom

stay tuned...

Hydronic Heat

Hydronic Heat

This is Brandon's "special project" as he calls it.  A lot of time and research has gone into the planning, mapping out, and finally build of this project.  As you can see the hydronic heat (radiant floor heat)  has 3 pumps which will control the three zones we have created for our house.  Second floor, Basement, and the other side of the house which isn't built yet.  With three zones and having hydronic heat we are able to control the heat independently in each zone.  Getting even more specific we are able to control the loops (red tubing that was shown in previous posts)  in each of these zones to be warmer or cooler than other loops. Loops being each room of the house basically.   The goal is to have an efficient running house and with this type of heat, and insulation we should be running efficiently in the end.

                                   

On the left is the whole hydronic system, including where the system is controlled.  On the right is where the second floor heat will be controlled. 

Just showing again how the red tubing is spread and strategically looped and spaced to provide the most efficient amount of heat.  (This is prior to having concrete floor poured, but just wanted to show it again)

Insulation - Step Two

Insulation - Fuzzy Bear

Since we had only 1.5 inches on the walls and 3.5 inches on the ceiling of spray foam, we still needed to add more insulation to be up to code.  So the thought behind doing both spray foam and rock wool was to seal the house up with the spray foam from moisture and bugs especially since we live on the river, and to then finish the insulation with the rock wool (which looks more like your typical fiberglass insulation).  Here are a few pictures of what we call Fuzzy bear!  

Basement is now a fuzzy bear!  

Master Bedroom!

View from sliding glass door in Master bedroom.  To the right is the Master bathroom, and to the left is the closet, and hallway down the middle. 

more to come... stay tuned!

Insulation - Step one

INSULATION - Step One

It's been a few weeks since our last update and a lot has happen since then. Let me bring you up to speed.  I have slacked a bit, I know...I know... 

Let's rewind a bit to March 21st...  We decided to insulate with a combination of spray foam & rock wool insulation.  Spray foam comes in two parts which combine and spray out to create a foam insulation into the wall and ceiling cavities of the house.  Rock wool looks like your typical roll out fiber glass insulation.   Brandon decided to do the spray in insulation on our own to help save cost.  As usual  he did his research and ended up renting a spray foam truck.  The truck came with all of the supplies needed to complete the project, even a white jumpsuit. :)   

 Looking good! 

                               

                                                       Walls have 1.5 inches of foam

Basement complete with spray foam

View from Master Bedroom of scaffolding rented and looking back into the rest of the house

Attic with 3.5 inches of spray foam