Drywall/Lights

All the drywall in the first floor has been replaced, even the ceiling.

Recessed lights were also installed. 18 on this side of the room.

 Now comes the taping and mudding, something I don't like doing.

 This is the first coat.

Updates to follow...

Before

After Insulation

After Drywall

Lighting

 Recessed lighting installed after ceiling drywall was demo'd. Note the sprayfoam insulation beneath the roof deck.

34 Lights @ $16 ea = $544

Halo 99T

The H99T is a small new construction aperture for non-insulated ceilings or where insulation can be keeps 3 in. from housing. This housing features an integral thermal protector to guard against misuse of insulation materials or improper lamping. Pre-installed and captive bar hangers on the housing can be positioned to any point within a 24 in. joist space. These bar hangers also fit onto T-Bars for easy installation into drop ceilings. This housing's 5 1/2 in. height allows for use in 2 in. x 6 in. joist construction and accommodates 1 in. thick ceilings. 

Insulation installation

Before

After

We filled the wall cavities with 2" rigid foam insulation and filled the cracks with spray foam insulation to stop any air flow from outside.There was zero insulation behind the old drywall.

Many of the circuits needed to be rewired and boxes moved or deleted. These windows will be replaced, they are single pane leaky windows.

There is no insulation below this window because it will be replace with a door that will open onto the deck.

Kitchen w/drywall hung

It is tough to try to maintain some semblance of order during a renovation. It gets expensive to eat out all the time however, so we've tried to keep a functional kitchen throughout the process.

Demolition Week

Demolition began in earnest on Monday. We are taking down the old sheet rock to expose the uninsulated exterior walls. As you can see from the photo the walls contain absolutely no insulation at all!

Demolition wasn't fun. We found two previous rat nest's. Not pretty.

 Kitchen demo

 Exterior wall kitchen demo. Temporary sink.

Domestic water and sanitary waste piping

Solar

 Today the solar panels were installed on the roof. For the time being the array will consist of only two modules. They are Suniva panels manufactured locally and are some the most efficient panels on the market.

The rails are Iron Ridge and they were very easy to install.

Battery box

Kitchen Work

 Old soffit will be removed later and upper cabinet will be 3' tall.

 Old cabinets demo'd and wall being primed.

Space where the old cabinet used to be. There were gaps behind the wall at the floor that were once open to crawl space. All gaps have been sealed with spray foam insulation.













As usual even the old outlet and electrical box is nasty. The box is filled with debris. The outlet is original, so forty years old. I replaced it with a new one.

Kitchen Cabinet Update

 Cabinet installed shown without the drawer faces. I will purchase the drawer fronts from a third party.

  Custom kitchen cabinet drawers progressing.

 Slots for plates going in. The spacers can be seen between the partitions.

The Blum rails are shown above.


On the left is a raw drawer with the Blum rail shown.

 Another shot of the Blum rail.

 A view of the back of the drawer.

 Closeup of the Blum components.

 Drawer shown with all the plate partitions.

Close up of the partitions.
The plates will not shift when you close the drawer because the Blumotion rails automatically close the drawer slowly no matter how
hard you push it. It's amazing actually.