Flooring Installed

The guys from Finishing Touch have the floor installed. They'll sand & apply one coat of finish soon, then cover it all up with cardboard to protect it. I'll try to get a few pics before they cover it up - it will be covered for the rest of the project. They'll be back soon to start the hard surfaces in the bathrooms.



This floor isn't sanded, but the reddish color is coming out nicely.



They still have to run flooring into the pantry, but other than that, they sand it & apply the first of three coats of finish.

Flooring Installation

The flooring guys are busy laying in the new hardwood. This will really transform the upstairs! By tomorrow, they'll have finished most of the install. They will then sand it and do the first of three coats of Swedish finish.




Once the wood is in, the base trim, stone fireplace and kitchen cabinet installation can begin.




Flooring is solid clear-grade Brazilian Cherry, and will take on a much more reddish hue once the finish is done.

Siding Finished

The siding is finished, and we really like how it turned out!



We're still not sure if we want to shoot some colored stain on the shingles or do a clear sealer.



The area around the fireplace will have stone, so its still just sheathing & Tyvek.

Finally an Update!

Summer got us busy, and I've been a bit lax in posting to the blog. Sorry about that. There has been plenty of progress on sheetrock, siding, interior doors & trim.
I posted a ton of pics to albums and will add links to the albums on the left sidebar. Here are a few pics of the finished work:



Den & Living Room french doors are installed. Front doors partially visible at the right are just temporary doors. Sheetrock is finished & textured throughout the house. Trim is going up around all openings - you can see that its installed on the set of doors to the right.



Pantry, Mudroom, Powder & Closet. Mudroom door is not installed yet. Trim is going up around these doors also. Base trim is cut but not installed - I think they'll wait until the hardwood floor is in. Hardwood material is on site, acclimating to the house - should be installed by end of the week/early next week.



Upstairs doors are cherry wood, and will receive a clear finish. Downstairs are regular white painted wood doors.



Siding is going up too. Its almost complete, and is a combination of hardiplank and cedar shingle. Check out the albums for more pics of the siding.



Whoops! The digger hit a main trunk for neighborhood phone lines. There were probably 100 pair in that cable. It was in conduit & when the excavator dug it up, it pulled the conduit riser right off the pole and popped the lid off the splice can as you can see here. Verizon didn't have it on their plant map, so thankfully not our fault.

Lots more pics in the albums. You get to them by clicking the pictures in the left sidebar.