Leaving City Life Behind

Well, it's been four weeks since my last update on 24th September, and my excuse is I have been  ridiculously busy with the build, working straight through two weekends without a break.  The structure of the building is now essentially complete and almost to lock-up (or weather tight), and much of my focus has been on the transition from my initial main two contractors (Jason Olesen and Bob Damstrom) who were the key players amongst five who got me here, to those others that will now turn the house both into a functioning building (plumbing, gas, heating and electricity) and an eventual turnkey finish.  This shift in focus has involved running around dealing with those contractors I had signed with earlier this year for the plumbing, gas, heating and electricity, while engaging other contractors and suppliers to achieve various parts of the finishing.  I don't seem to have stopped in four weeks, and much of the planning ahead has become a 24 hours 7 day a week consta...

I know, I know, once again I am late as it is now three weeks since my last update on Sunday 3rd September. I've been a trifle busy and had much frustration in terms of keeping contractors both active on my site and aligned, plus booking others in, so I can get the house to lock up and certain critical jobs completed before running into cold weather. Before I start a write up of the last three weeks, the photo below is the house as it was at the end of my last update with the roof over framing in place ready for the subsequent spray foam insulation. Monday 4 September, the day after I last published an update, was yet another statutory (public) holiday for Labour day, so no activity. Next day I had two contractors on site, my electrician, and fireplace installers. The electrician was fitting LED pot lights above all three covered decks (front, over garage and rear loft bedroom deck), and a few internally above the Great Room. These are fitted through the 2" tongue and gr...