The Snow season is slowly turning into the Mud season, and we are moving ahead nicely on the house. I should explain that while most places experience the traditional four seasons of the year - Winter Spring, Summer and Fall, here in Ola we observe only three (if you don't count deer season and elk season) - Snow, Mud, and Dust.
The issues that got us the red tag on the HVAC installation were quickly resolved resulting in a green tag from the inspector. This allowed us to enclose the exposed ductwork in the basement in preparation for the sheet rock. After eyeballing the new ceiling contour in the basement, we decided to move the fan and light boxes so they would be centered in the narrower, higher part of the ceiling. This has been one of the distinct benefits of building the house ourselves, as we can make changes as we go and not run up a lot of charges from the builder. Any builder will tell you that this can add up to a considerable amount.
For the past month, we have concentrated on finishing the wiring. We finally finished the rough-in last week, and called for an inspection. The state inspector arrived yesterday, and with only a couple of minor corrections, gave us our yellow rough-in approval tag. To top off an already great day, the county building inspector came up and signed off on the framing inspection as well. The next major step will be the sheet rock installation. After figuring that it would take over 250 sheets of 12'x 4.5' drywall to do the job, I wisely decided to contract it out. The contractor will begin in about two weeks. In the meantime, we will seal all the wire and pipe holes in the floor plates and top plates, install sound insulation in the walls of the bedrooms and more insulation in the foundation walls in the basement.
The Snow season is slowly turning into the Mud season, and we are moving ahead nicely on the house. I should explain that while most places experience the traditional four seasons of the year - Winter Spring, Summer and Fall, here in Ola we observe only three (if you don't count deer season and elk season) - Snow, Mud, and Dust. 
The issues that got us the red tag on the HVAC installation were quickly resolved resulting in a green tag from the inspector. This allowed us to enclose the exposed ductwork in the basement in preparation for the sheet rock. After eyeballing the new ceiling contour in the basement, we decided to move the fan and light boxes so they would be centered in the narrower, higher part of the ceiling. This has been one of the distinct benefits of building the house ourselves, as we can make changes as we go and not run up a lot of charges from the builder. Any builder will tell you that this can add up to a considerable amount.
For the past month, we have concentrated on finishing the wiring. We finally finished the rough-in last week, and called for an inspection. The state inspector arrived yesterday, and with only a couple of minor corrections, gave us our yellow rough-in approval tag. To top off an already great day, the county building inspector came up and signed off on the framing inspection as well. The next major step will be the sheet rock installation. After figuring that it would take over 250 sheets of 12'x 4.5' drywall to do the job, I wisely decided to contract it out. The contractor will begin in about two weeks. In the meantime, we will seal all the wire and pipe holes in the floor plates and top plates, install sound insulation in the walls of the bedrooms and more insulation in the foundation walls in the basement.
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