During our visit last Friday, we were able to see progress, though much of it is not obvious. The plumber did get the baseboard radiators installed and connected into the furnace, as visible in this picture of the sun porch. With temperatures dropping into the 30's at night, the thermostat set at 55 will avoid any frozen pipes.
However, the windows for the West side of the porch were wrong. If you look carefully, you can see the two left windows have cranks to open and the two right windows are stationary. That is not what we ordered. Our contractor has notified the company and replacements are expected this week.
What is very different with the new radiators is how much shorter they need to be. Here is the new radiator in the Master Bedroom. The old radiator ran the length of that wall, turned the corner, and ran the length of the wall next to it. The addition of 4" of insulation inside the concrete block walls and 8" in the ceiling will make a big difference.
In addition, the plumber began "roughing in" the plumbing. Here are the pipes for the half-bathroom. There are water lines for the sink and toilet, the toilet flange, and the vent line. However, nothing has been done on the main bathroom.
We recently decided to place the TV on the wall above/beside the stairs to the basement. Talking to the contractor, we decided to do a change order, and they inset a box into the wall, so the TV will be set back into the wall. There were lots of other things affected which we are still working out, such as where to put the DVD player and other potential hardware.
The final picture is looking from the guest bedroom, through the wall that will have the TV, into the living room. The big 2x6 will hold the TV bracket.
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