Dump Trips, A/C, and a bigger house - September 21, 2008

The Picture above is of our living room, taken from near the front entry.

This week was pretty slow around the job site. Nothing happened from Monday through Thursday. Kris and I spent Friday hauling off our 4th trailer load of scrap materials to the dump. Our electricians were finishing another house for our builder and the A/C guys were not available until Friday Afternoon.

Terry Davis with Chenal Heating and Air. came by to plan their attack. They will begin the installation tomorrow.

Meanwhile, we have submitted the drafts for the bonus space to our credit union and an appraiser. Our original plan had a 375 square foot bonus room above the garage. After the trees were removed we did the final elevation and our slope was greater than it originally appeared. It made sense to keep the bonus area on the main floor, and take advantage of the opportunity to get a lot of extra space for minimal cost.

Our original plan was to finish this area out as we needed it, but since it is on the main floor it needs to be insulated, and code requires us to put a ceiling in the room. We will also need to run the rough electrical before we do the ceiling....you can see where this is going.

With all of these requirements, we are little more than paint and floors from finishing the whole thing, so that is what we will be discussing with the credit union this week.

We still think that a 2600 square foot house is way to big for 2 people, but our mothers are probably hoping it will inspire us to fill it with grandchildren.

So this week is dealing with the bank, getting A/C installed, and hoping that the roofers and electricians are available soon....oh yea, and we also have jobs.