2204: House Progress

So the weather has been great....here is the progress
1. ALL the soffit work is finished (which I didnt get a picture of). This is HUGE because that means the house is basically enclosed. It was a lot of work and the guys did a great job. Because we are bricking the ENTIRE joint, they had to add this additional structure where the brick would meet the soffit...so they touched every spot twice, plus had to install vents for the attic. Doug has assured me the house will be bat proof....wink, wink.
2. All the heating and cooling duct work is in place. Both furnaces are installed and the venting to the "chimney" is finished. The geo-thermal (hello tax credit) units are in place, however they are waiting for more stable weather to dig the geo-thermal "wells".
3. The gas lines are ran to the fireplace/dryers and stove.
4. 85% of the can lights and plates for light fixtures are installed.
5. Most of the outlet boxes and lightswitch boxes are installed. NO WIRING yet.
6. The bar, fireplace, my craft room (totally cool), sean's office and the kitchen cabinetry floor plan has been "drawn" on the floor to check placement.
7. The Bricklayer is READY!!! However, we aren't. Doug needs to get our front and back porch columns put in before they can start. He thinks that will take a couple weeks....Jake is doing a National Guard committment and Matt is in Hawaii (lame excuse....ha ha). So they are down to 2 guys.
8. The roofer will start in 2 weeks...whooo hooo....pray for no (or little) rain.
9. We have to pick out appliances....so they know where lines need to be ran for installation....YIKES!!

We are using PEX (i think that is how you spell it). It is flexible tubing for the water lines...here they are delivered (obviously uninstalled)