Off To A Busy New Year

Sure, things slowed down as we approached Christmas, but with New Years behind us, there’s definitely been some action at the house and it appears we’ve fully awoken from the holiday-induced coma.

The plumbing is well underway, with most of the drains and vents already in place. As I mentioned back in May (I can’t believe it was that long ago), we’ll be running PEX throughout the house as well. As I suspected, we’ll be running a hybrid-manifold setup, with dedicated lines running to some fixtures and branch runs connecting the rest. If all goes according to plan, everything should be completed in the next few weeks.

The last of the windows arrived on Friday, which means we’ll finally be able to get the house entirely closed in. With the amount of snow and rain we’ve had this season, I really wish we had installed those windows before the holidays, but we decided to hold off and wait until everything was fully framed before we placed the final order. It’s a good thing too, because the dimensions of the large clerestory window changed once the framing was complete… and you can’t exactly return a custom-ordered window of that size.

The ductwork has been installed on the first and second floor, but there’s still plenty of work to be done in the basement. All of the components have been measured and ordered, so it’s just a matter of installation at this point. Oh, and I suppose we’ll actually have to install the various pieces of equipment as well… not that it actually matters at the moment. We can’t fire everything up until we have the gas connected and at the moment, we have to wait something like 40 days until Enbridge will come and hook us up. We anticipated a delay, but I’m shocked it’s going to take this long as we applied for our hookup weeks ago (well before the holiday if I’m not mistaken).

Post Tags: ducts, HVAC, PEX, Plumbing, windows

Posted by Jeremy Bell in: Construction + Materials