Last days of summer

This week saw the last days of work by John's big crew of carpenters. They took care of odds and ends inside the house and did some additional siding. Uncle Eric and Sean continued siding and exterior trim at the end of the week and over the weekend. Eric will be continuing that work this week. The front door has been ordered, so the rest of the front siding will go up once that is installed.

Eddie the roofer has been kicking butt all week, and his 10 hour days have gotten everything but the garage finished.
The skylights on the back porch roof were installed by John Tuesday morning. They bring some extra light to the large overhangs and look great.
An exciting addition this week was the fireplace that was installed Thursday and Friday. It's a heat producing wood burning fireplace that will keep us toasty warm in the winter. It's super efficient, and Sean has already started some seasoning fires to get it ready for when we move in.
This upcoming week will see the garage and basement floors get poured. Sean had to clean up a ton of debris from around the house so the cement crew can get in to do that work later in the week. John the electrician will be working on the house this week, too. Mickey will be back from California just in time, too. We're back to school on Monday with a week full of PD, so the timing couldn't be better.