Plumbing, Vacuum, Door Prep and the Tub

Today I made a day trip to the site to meet the guys from Energy Alternatives. EA is installing the central vacuum system and the fireplace.

The vacuum install went well, but the fireplace was for natural gas and we will be on a propane system, so it had to go back. EA will be back tomorrow to install the right fireplace.

In looking at the fireplace location we ran into a slight problem with the flute clearance to the outside wall. We ended up moving the fireplace 9" into the kitchen/dining area. Luckily Scott and Paula were there working on the balcony so he was able to move the fireplace framing.

Neal Smart also showed up to deliver the garage doors. We put them in the garage in what is quickly becoming the prep area for different parts of the house.

Right now we are beginning the work on the interior doors, so that they will be ready for installation in about six weeks.

We are also starting to see some of the other items show up.

The bookshelf hide-a-door arrived last week.

The bathtubs were delivered by Johnny's for installation later. They brought them out before the sheetrock is installed to reduce the chance of damage to the walls.

The errant drain pipe has now also been moved back into the wall.

The central vacuum install is much like the plumbing install in that the same kind of PVC piping is used. The actual vacuum will be in the utility room and will be installed during the finish work.

We are also getting some additional framing gussets made up for the prow glulams. I drew up the design and turned it over to a blacksmith/fabricator to be built.






Things seem to be speeding up as I look forward to the next three weeks. I still don't have a drywaller, but I will need them in the house in two weeks so that is the major task of the week.

We will be back up this weekend and hopefully will finish the exterior painting.