Week #14 - Ready for Drywall

(April 19 - 25, 2010)

With the exception of some green grass sprouting, the outside of Casa Roa remains largely unchanged this week. The inside is a different story however. The interior was spray foamed to fill the cracks followed by insulation and vapour barrier. It took a crew but one day to install the insulation. It is noticeably quieter in the house now.

Kieran (and her sidekick Jerome the Giraffe) makes her Casa Roa blog debut this week. She is pointing out the obvious lack of cabinetry, sink and other missing elements in the kitchen (see below). So far, she seems to approve of the new digs.

Here's a shot of the newly insulated Great Room with the drywall in the foreground. The drywall crew is scheduled to start hanging drywall on Tuesday next week.

The drywall was delivered on Friday. The upstairs bedroom window had to be removed to get the drywall up to the second floor.

I spent an excessive amount of time on the phone this week to get our gas reconnected. Who knew that there is a lack of communication between ATCO and the gas retailers?! There is some room for streamlining the process. Understatement. I was thinking that these inefficiencies were limited to an entity that shall remain nameless that we've had the pleasure of tangling with. Does it really take 5 business days to transmit customer information to a supplier via the Internet?!?! I'm sure that Canada Post could get it there more quickly. Wow.

A quick update on the selection front - with Sue's assistance, I have started the paint selection process. If I thought that posting pics of the potential paint colours would translate over the web effectively, I'd solicit opinions. One more decision nearly complete!!

Finally, I received an updated schedule from the builder. We have a tentative move-in date for July 9!