Its Been Awhile

Firstly, apologies to all the faithful readers for the lack of posts recently. Between waking up at 5:00am everyday, working on the house for 5 hours, then working at the office for 8 hours, I haven't had much time to eat or sleep. Much less update the blog. Who would have thought that building a house would be time consuming?

Anyway, when we last left the story I was struggling with the bathroom and we were halfway through the insulation. For anyone expecting rapid progression in the last two weeks, please prepare yourself for disappointment. Or at least a slight twinge of doubt in my competence. 

I finished framing the bathroom floor and was all set for the plumbers to install the drain. This was my first experience with the subtle battles that rage unspoken between tradesmen. The carpenters had advised me to just build everything first and let the plumbers figure out how to put the pipes in. Sounded a bit odd to me, but what do I know about building a house?  So the plumbers arrive and look at the framing and tell me that it is in the way of the drain. I mention that maybe the could cut a bit of the framing away. Looks of utter puzzlement and confusion answered that question for me. So I dismantled the beautifully constructed frame to shave off about 5 cm of wood. Since then I have had in depth conversations with the plumbers and they have managed to finish all of the plumbing in the bathroom without any further complications.

On the insulation front we have finished almost the entire house aside from the roof. I still have to do about half the roof insulation but it is a fairly straight-forward process. The only annoyance is that it either involves crawling around in the attic on my knees or hanging precariously from a ladder, perched on a 2x10, over a 3-5 meter drop. 

The kitchen has arrived and I will attempt to put the cabinets in this weekend. I am sure that will provide plenty of fodder for the next post.