The Heat is On (almost) and Other Stories

 Day 80 saw the return of the Heat Guy, and he installed the mini-split head units throughout the house.  One in the bedroom, one in the media room, one in the living room, and one in the dining room.  I've done a lot of reading on these systems and they're supposed to be amazingly energy efficient, and only at -20F do they begin to struggle.  These are heating and cooling units, with the added bonus of acting as dehumidifiers, too.  You can get the heads in floor units or wall units; I have the wall units, and they're relatively small. 

 Days 81 through 84 were full of window framing and the start of the flooring.  I wanted very basic, Shaker style casings and trim throughout the house.  

I was a little worried about how this color and style would look on a grand scale, but I'm liking it.  

In non-house news, happy spring equinox!  Mom and I are doing a gardening symposium put on by the UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program.  

We've also been watching episodes of Gardener's World on Amazon Prime Video.  I do loves me some Monty Don!  If you are a garden design fanatic, I highly suggest his short lived series Big Dreams, Small Spaces.  It's very inspirational if you're just getting going on a garden, or if you like to watch home improvement type programs.  Ordinary people transform drab, unimpressive gardens or yards into the stuff dreams are made of through hard work and with a little guidance from Monty.  

I've been checking around the mulberry tree for any sign of the dozens of daffodil bulbs I planted last fall.  Nothing yet, but the ground hasn't quite warmed up; we still have nights in the 20s.   Mom's daffys are popping up around the house foundation, though.  Sooooooooooon.  I can't wait to get into the garden again!  I was going through some of my photos on my Ipernity site and man, I miss my landscapes.  I've created gardens at four different houses now.  I'm glad this is the last, and I'll be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor for years to come.  

And now, for something completely different...

 

My paper is here.

😁

frame on

 Day 36 was mostly framing, mostly in the basement.  

This first shot is of the garage proper.  That cubby toward the back is the space under the middle room, where electric lines and water piping will live.  Of course, I look at that and think "root cellar!", so my builder is going to appease me and build a small door on the wall so I have a place to store my onions.  I feel like I've just won the lottery...a root cellar.  I'm weeping tears of joy.

This shot is standing in what will be the mudroom, looking into the media room.  Or "Uncle John's Room" as we now call it, since the first thing my uncle asked when he stopped in to see the progress was, "So where's my room?".

And this shot is standing at the back of the media room looking toward the garage.  The door frame to the right will be for a utility room to house all the unattractive but necessary whoosie whatsits that are utilitarian.

This is a hole in my floor.  Someday it will house a set of stairs, but for now, it's just something for me to try not to fall into.

And we now have temporary front stairs, huzzah!  No more crawling up ladders for this lardy lady.

Things are moving so quickly, it seems like it'll be done before you know it.

The Standstill

 Day 31 is the end of activity for a short time.  Windows should be here next Tuesday, siding is coming toward the end of January, and in between...I'm not sure what they plan to do.

Today's tasks were putting up strapping for the ceilings and framing for the bathroom and bedroom area.  

This will be divided into the bathroom and the bedroom area. 

I love it when a plan comes together.

As Depeche Mode would say, enjoy the silence; soon we'll be back to a cacophony of contractor type noises.