Odds & Ends ...

It's been raining , so weve been working inside. I drywalled most of the laundry room , Katie did the spacking. We hung the range hood for the kitchen stove. I ran the intake & exhaust pipes for the tankless hot water system. Katie & I ran the gas lines to the clothes dryer , cooking stove and furnace. We also spread wood chips on the ground around because its so muddy.Katie ran the loader for the first time scooping up the chips , i know she was having fun by the smile on her face. We got the chips from Asplund , who cleared the trees for the electric co. to run the poles . You don't miss something important till its gone.I also cut the holes in the floor for the vents for the heat.By doing that we saved a day labor from the heating company. Which is Grogg's out of Parkersburg , Tom, Gregg and the two installers , Mike & Dustin . Thanks guys your doing an awesome job for us !!!

More pictures !

Thank god for our new friends !

I asked my friend Brad if he could help me with the trusses. Sunday morning 3 pick-ups pull up and six of our other friends rolled out. At 8:00pm with Katie's pulled pork sandwiches and cold beer , there up. Thanks guys  your the best ( Brad, Butch, Randy , Bub, Ryan and Nathan . Also today i put up the range hood  , pictures tommorrow. Drywalling laundry room.Oh yeh and the guys are installing the furnace, yeh ! We have been bouncing off the walls and loving watching it grow!

The roof trusses are here !

I got a call from Mike at 8:30am , he said i'm outside of town and i have your trusses. I asked him what size truck he was bringing them on. He says an 86 ft trailer , all i thought was he never gonna get them to us. Our road is rough and curvy, our containers were 40 ft , but 86 ? What a great driver and a all around nice guy. He got them right to the house. Now its time for a roof raising party ! I also mounted the tankless water heater and drywalled the kitchen ceiling. My battery in my phone that i take my pictures with is on the blink, thats why its hard for me to post. Sorry and i'll do my best to keep you posted. Please send any comments , i like to hear from you !

Electric conduit is in !

So i dug the trench 150ft long and 30" deep , from the last pole to the house. We will have 3 poles across our property and one one the house side of the stream , then it goes underground to the house. It had to be 3' schedule 40 underground 80 above with a sweep at each end and a pull cord. I also dug my neighbor's basement pipe trench for him , all in a day. Today , i took off and we got invited to a party at Orvil & Marilyn's , boy was it fun. They knew i needed a break and always think of us, thank you so much , love you guys. P.S as always the food was great too !

Sorry i forgot the pictures.

Been too busy to post !

Well let's see, Jen & Jayden got home safe , but gave Katie a cold. Me, i have been busy. The master bedroom, spare bedroom and half of the bathroom is sheetrocked & insulated. Katie found a nice bathtub she liked , we picked it up. We also bought the conduit for the underground electric from the pole to the house. I will be digging the trench tomorrow for the electric because they should be coming soon.We ordered the sheet metal for the roof , its like a maroon color.Dan at Lowe' in Marietta, Ohio has taken really good care of us. Thanks Dan , your the man !