May 18; It has been a fairly quiet week on the build. There are many details completed, but much is hard to see. Pete, from Amped Electrical, has been moving throughout the house putting in switches, receptacles and other electrical details. Should see the lighting up soon. CJ, from Hobson's Cabinets, has been taking care of cabinet details, such as setting in the kitchen sink, drilling holes for outlets on the island, putting up the last column of cabinets in the kitchen. Paul, our master carpenter, has been working on finishing wood touches. We had a long conversation about the right colour of filler to use to cover the nail holes in the edge grain fir trim around the windows and doors..... seems like a light grey is best.... go figure.
The Master bedroom fireplace trim and mantel set into place. There still needs to be tile around the fireplace opening.
Last column of cabinets going into the kitchen. This area will hold the coffee machine, warming drawer and microwave......
Coming together..... Whahooo!
Sink set into place...
A key design feature to the fireplace is the floating hearth on the end of the thing. To reinforce the hearth, and prevent future breaks or leans, Paul is installing a steel piece to act as a cantilever to give the floating bit strength.
Steel imbedded into the hearth supporting the floating end.
Hearth completed, ready for tile installation.
Living room floor socket.... and my shoe.
The other floor socket...
The beautiful hardwood is protected for the rest of the build. The island in the sitting room and the kitchen have outlets on the side... convenient and mandated by BC Code.
The rest of the upper level will have hardwood later this week.
Trimming the master bedroom windows. More to come later this week!