North Glenora Reno

There has been a threat of rain all week and luckily there was mostly just some spitting yesterday so we didn’t see any more delays.

Rob and Tristan and their new super worker Colin worked really hard to get the roof all ready for the roofers (who start this morning). We are again amazed to see a flat 2D drawing come to life. The ceiling heights in the bedroom/bathroom and in the eating area are amazing. The best part to emerge in the last day or so though is the covered areas by the back door! One of my biggest pet peeves about the way the house was before was that if it was raining or snowing, it sucked to have that falling on you and all of the stuff, I alway seem to have, while you are trying to open the door. Now we have a covered area so you can actually set things down and they won’t get wet. This area will also be really nice for barbecuing in inclement weather as well. We are going to be covering the ceiling there with cedar and some really neat mid-century pendant light and it should be really beautiful.

This week, we finally have all of the power lines under ground and the trench nearly all covered as well! It is so nice to have a little bit less mess and disaster.

The garbage pile has become insanely large. I have decided to rename it an art installation as it’s size seems well beyond what you could reasonably dispose of. For my final week before I have to go to work, I will be filling several? dumpsters and watching with glee as it all goes away. I have told Rob and Tristan that they need to stop making such a mess and adding to the junk pile and I think that that will help tremendously! 😉

Today should see the beginning of the re-shingling of the roof…assuming they show up before too long. I must be getting too used to Rob’s 7:30 arrivals, as at nearly 10 am I am getting antsy that the roofers still haven’t arrived. I have talked to Debbie this morning and I know that they are coming but at this rate they won’t be getting burgers for lunch as they won’t have time to stop.

Wait….he just pulled up!!!!

We lost nearly two framing days to rain at the end of last week but bright and early Saturday morning Rob came back to continue to try to sort out the issues with the roof line over the closet extension. Sonny came by on Thursday morning and sent us a concept solution but it was a “concept” and not quite possible in “reality.” Rob had a look at the drawing and quickly determined that it would not work and thus spent a good amount of time on Saturday, staring at the roof and trusses, trying to find the right solution. He is amazing and I know that he will come up with a suitable one. I, I have to admit, don’t really care what it looks like as long and we meet code and don’t get any water in the house. I trust that Rob will save the day.

We finally, finally decided on our tile for the bathroom yesterday. We not only high fived our choice, he ordered it and got a pretty decent deal. Despite that, we are stilling spending about $1500 on tile. The tile decision was a difficult one. I would bring home samples and we would debate it’s beauty, price, colour, texture, price, colour… Finally, we went together. We found things we liked, negotiated a price we could live with and then took the samples home to see in the proper light. Success! Ordered!

Today we cleaned up the yard and purchased the vanity and cabinet for the bathroom. Now we just need to order the sink and faucet, find a stone remnant and find a decent price on tempered glass. Wow, until I listed all that, I was feeling pretty good about the progress we had made on the bathroom. Shit, still so much to do and SO much to spend.

Tomorrow, Rob will be back and if the weather holds up this week, he will finish the framing! Then roofing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, vapor barrier…..ahh, never mind there are months to go and no end in sight.

I am almost starting to look forward to going back to work. Did I actually say that?

After having little luck getting roofing companies to even call me back, we made a very quick decision about what company to go with.

I have called no less than 7 different companies. Of those, two were small operations that were recommended and the other five, I found their websites and called. One of those five called me back. ONE. I was pissed to say the least.
We ended up going with the company that did R’s parent’s roof. We were not only swayed by their glowing recommendation but were also super impressed with both Wes and Debbie of Hache Roofing Inc.. They were both really nice and knowledgeable and made us feel very confident in their quote and work….AND they came in $3000 cheaper (for the same product) that the other (big name company) quote we have received thus far. They have put aside two days for us once the framing is done.

http://www.hacheroofinginc.ca/

One less task off my plate!