Progress report --- Week 12

Progress accomplished this week:

--Electrical inspection of new garage/study passed
--Half of electrical wiring for addition part accomplished (photo above shows one of the recessed can lights that will be in the bedroom)
--Framing work continued in addition for interior walls
--Bricklaying continued; nearly finished with exterior
--Tile workers came in and measured so that tile can be ordered


--Door from Jonathan's computer room to new closet in addition put in. I haven't talked about this part of the renovation before. The garage was originally on the other side of our small study that Jon uses as his computer room, where he hangs out and plays video games. We could use more storage room for that area (his video game collection is quite impressive), so in planning the addition we decided to put in a door that would lead to a walk-in closet area where we could put bookcases, a table with room for a printer/fax/scanner machine, etc. We had quite the animated discussion as to whether to have a door installed or just leave the opening to the closet area open. Wagner and I were advocating heavily for the door option; Jon was arguing just as strenuously to leave it open. Wagner ended up putting a door on "just for the time being" to insulate the house from the rest of the addition area (which is still very cold all the time due to not having all the windows installed yet or furnace in place). We are both hoping that Jon will get used to the door and not object to it staying there. ;-)


Obstacles encountered this week:

--Well, it's hard to call Thanksgiving an "obstacle," but it did slow down work.