Interior Painting and Door Addition Begins

Progress occurred while we were off on Holiday, with the texturer finishing up and the painter coming for the interior painting. Tom and Craig also accomplished part of the decking. The garage doors should be coming soon, and the locks installed so the interior finishings can be added.
Philip has been instructed to start packing up his Walnut Creek Garage, starting with labeling Morgan parts, so I will know what they are, if need be.
I guess retirement starts us thinking "if need be".

Lower garage painted and a door

Elaine's Storage Room Painted (and baseboards)

Bathroom

Deck partially done

Storage room door molding

PHIL's CAR BARN is JUST ABOUT DONE

Our MOUNTAIN House was built in 1990 and is two story "down the hill" in the back. It is a bit smaller than Philip's Car Barn.   The yard is a bit overgrown, and will be trimmed back come spring time.


The House

Phil's Morgan Car Barn is close to being finished. Thanks to sister Lee, I have recent photos.


Upper garage awaiting doors, exterior light and rock work.

The wallboard has been taped and the plastering has begun.

Fun taping the 16 foot ceiling



Drying the taping in Elaine's storage room



Drying down the stairway

Lower garage from window in upper garage

Some of the exterior light fixtures have been mounted, and the remaining arrived the day after the electrician hooked up the electricity from the house. They will be mounted on the electicians final full day visit.  He was three days late because he smashed his middle finger, after he had traveled up the hill.

Lights

Craig and Tom are building the larger deck outside the back door.  It will have a railing around it. The original plan was a narrow deck off the door and steps down. The deck has been enlarged quite a bit and the entrance from the driveway, modified to be able to handle an electric wheelchair "just in case".  There was a lot of discussion as to putting the slats on the outside or the inside of the decking, with the final solution "on the outside".

eck platform

There will also be a railing over the little wall at the top of the picture alongside the upper driveway. We had hoped to do a rustic fence with 2 horizontal bars only, but no, that wasn't adequate. So it is required to be "mighty" by the inspector so no little heads will get caught in it, a $400 difference in price.

Upper wall

All the fixtures have been purchased- toilets, lighting, bathroom mirror, door handles and locks and flooring for the bathroom and storage rooms. Once the plastering is completed, and interior painting done, all the doors will be installed. Only then can the fixtures be installed. We hope this will all be completed in the next three weeks, then final inspection and occupancy.

CAR BARN- T-1 COMPLETED

The T-1 and Hardi-board have been completed on Philip's car barn. The insulation to keep him and the Morgans, especially, is installed. However we had a new inspector for the insulation, and he failed the inspection because once the wall board is installed, he thinks he can't finalize the little things that he indicates need fixing; the way the bathroom receptacle is grounded- if done his way, it will invalidate the warranty on the receptacle; a cut off switch outside for the electricity- the electricity comes from the house, so if the fireman turns off the cut off switch at the garage, it will still be a live wire; the porch isn't built so he can't see how it is connected to the building.

Hence, no wallboard is being installed Monday, as the contractor needs to get the change for the deck engineered, which will take some time.  We requested a walkway deck from the side deck (to be on the left) to the driveway so we don't have to go up and down stairs to Phil's work room. Alas we are getting older and any opportunity to not fall is critical to us. 

Tomorrow we go to Lowe's to select doors, hardware, carpet, etc.

LOWER CAR BARN

UPPER CAR BARN

PHIL AND HIS UPPER CAR BARN

UPPER LONG BAY

UPPER SHORT BAY

LOWER BAYS FOR A "LIFT"

Inspections Passed

After waiting for 2 weeks while the Tuolumne County Inspectors were on furlough, a different inspector came today to check that the nails were 6 inches apart on the edges and 12 inches in-between on the T1 siding. This inspection had to be completed before insulation could be added to the exterior walls. Craig and Tom had finished all the carpentry work that could be done, including decreasing the height of the stairs from an 8" rise to 7 3/4". This was accomplished by thinner steps and putting them at a slight angle with a shim. Having the stairs sloping down is within code, while 8 inches isn't. Go figure. It used to be up to a 9 inch rise.
The electrician came and completed his work and the plumber also did his work. Naturally, there were additional "work orders" for all the items that weren't included in the original contract. This items are adding up rapidly.
This afternoon the inspector completed his work and we PASSED. Only one action item for the plumber. So tomorrow the insulation installation begins.
Sister and I are heading out tomorrow  to see the American movie version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, We saw the Swedish subtitled one on Christmas eve.
No pictures for now.

ADD SIDING, PLUMBING, ELECTRICITY

Sister sent me these new pictures she took of our new Car Barn. Most of the windows are in, most of the exterior T1 has been applied, the Plumber has done his work and the electrician is working this week.  Due to the dry weather,  Contractor Craig and Carpenter Tom (also a contractor with no work) have been very busy working on this alone

REAR OF GARAGE

LOWER GARAGE (18 FT TALL)

UPPER GARAGE FRONT/STREET SIDE

FRONT OF GARAGE

ROOF TRUSSES ARRIVE TODAY

All the framing has been completed and the roof trusses arrived today.

 The driver arrived earlier than expected y from Oakdale, so we had to dash out quickly to take pictures.

Naturally the trusses weren't loaded on the truck in the order they needed to be laid on the framing.

 The driver was a very patient man, who moved and removed trusses to get them to their needed location. There are trusses for the lower garage and the upper garage, which required moving the very large truck to complete the task.

Also completed today was the stairway from the lower storage room to the upper storage room.

Next week the trusses will be set in place.