After rain last week, the crew arrived on Tuesday to start putting up the siding. They worked until shortly after Noon, when another wintry mix storm began shedding its load of rain and wet snow. Much of the front and sides of the house received the large sheets of Hardie Board, such as the front wall in this picture.
They did the South side of the house and the sides of the sun porch. We are expecting them to finish up the remaining sides today. That will include putting on the vertical batten boards. We are pleased with how the "Cobblestone" color of the siding matches the "Clay" color of the window frames. I will get a picture with the roof so you can see how it blends in also.
Inside the electrical and plumbing work is continuing, such as the wiring in the half-wall side of the kitchen. While we were at the house, we asked the electrician to move two of the recessed ceiling lights, and add one directly over the kitchen sink area, and other minor adjustments. There is a lot being done, just not very exciting.
The other exciting project is the installation of the new gas fireplace. I know it doesn't look like much here, especially since the cardboard covers the front of it, but we are excited. They still need to run the new gas lines for the stove and the fireplace.
We have asked them to include a line to the furnace area, so that in the future we can replace the oil furnace and electrical water heater with gas ones. We have asked for a quote to convert to gas now, but are already spending $35,000 on change orders above the cost of the contract.
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