IT CAN'T BE SEPTEMBER ALREADY.....CAN IT?

    In my mind, admittedly an odd place to be, we should be IN our new/old house by now, September 1st.  Disappointingly, this is not  the case.  The Certificate of Occupancy  for which I have yearned has not been granted.  This is because the house has not had the final inspections I was expecting to have occurred yesterday.

    HEAVY SIGH...

    On a brighter note:  We received and electric bill for the Hawthorne house yesterday.  We have had the AC up and running for 3 weeks of that 1 month billing period.  In addition, many doors have been left open during painting and contractor work while the HVAC was operating to cool down the house. While our house on Hawthorne Avenue is perhaps twice the size of our Warren Road house (built in 1987), the electric bill for the same 3 week period was 1/2 the amount.

HURRAY for insulation !

ONE STEP CLOSER

The news of the day is that we passed the insulation inspection.  Woo Hoo!

The final layer of blown insulation on the exterior walls.....shredded newspaper!

Fiberglass batting insulation in gaps around the fireplace

Foam insulation between ceiling rafters 

Exposed fir beams were wrapped in plastic food wrap to protect them from insulation overspray

As it turned out, I was at the house when the inspector showed up and that was probably a good thing.  He hesitated on the 3rd floor where we had insulated and dry-walled in the knee wall closets because he could not SEE the insulation.  He took my word for it that we had done it and said that any other time he would have to fail us, but since I was the home-owner he was taking my word that it had been done correctly. 

Passing this inspection allows for dry wall to be hung next week (I say with fingers crossed) and puts us one step closer to the finished product.

INSULATION INSTALLATION

     Despite the depressing news the other day about the priming yet to be done, last Friday was a great day on Hawthorne Avenue.  Not only did the electrician complete the wiring for the speaker system, but the house PASSED the rough-in inspection and the first layer of insulation was put in.

One layer of closed-cell  insulation is sprayed between the studs on every exterior wall

The closed cell foam is a light lavender

The insulation installation continued both Monday and Tuesday.  Wallace spent  several days since last Friday pulling the remaining nails and removing screws from the wall studs and ceiling joists to ready the house for drywall installation.  Wallace has finished his aspect of the prep work and today the insulation job should be complete. 

I'll let you know where we stand once I check the house later today!