Since the weather is supposed to be fairly cold over the weekend, we probably won't be working out at the lot. The plumber is supposed to be coming in on Tuesday, but he wants the floor (main floor) to be installed before he starts his work. If we aren't ready on Tuesday, then he will reschedule us for Thursday. Once the floor drains are roughed in, we can then get gravel brought in for both the basement and garage. After that, the slabs can be poured. Todd and Dad L will then get the garage walls up so that they have a place that is a little bit warmer to work. Keep your fingers crossed for us that we can get some nice weather by Monday. Todd and Dad L should be able get the rest of the floor in place in one day.
It has been quite the runaround trying to get temporary power hooked up. We call one company, but they say they can't do it, try this company. That company then sends us to someone else, or back to the one that referred them. I think we are finally getting somewhere with Epcor (again, cross your fingers). It looks like we should have the temporary power hooked up for Nov 30.
We received one of our geothermal quotes back, and it came in about $20000 higher than we thought it should, so we kindly told them no thanks!! We are still waiting to hear back on another quote from our neighbour out on the acreage. He installs geothermal systems for a living, but he is waiting to hear back from the contractor that does the duct work for him. Hopefully this one will come in more reasonable.
The electrician should have been out to the lot today to put the panel breaker in, but most likely wasn't, as we didn't hear from him.
Thanks again to Dad L, Dad H, and Chris who helped out over the last few days. We really appreciate it!! (Both our dads headed home--Edmonton and Ponoka--this morning to thaw out!!!)
Friday, November 24, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Starting on the Sub- Floor
Todd, Dad H, Dad L, and Chris S were out there to start putting up the floor. They had just started hauling beams, etc, into the basement (through windows) when we left the lot at 1:30pm. It wasn't too bad a day out there, in terms of weather, although it is supposed to get worse! Joshua was helping out quite a bit today--first he pounded in some nails, and then he was making precise measurements and marking them off with his carpenter's pencil. Let's hope he got it right!
Basement is in
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