Ben Sr. Rocks!

Once again, we received an excellent gift of Ben Sr.'s time and expertise...his two weeks saved us months of work! Ben Jr. took a few days off work to help out, together they have completed the majority of the electrical rough in (topped off with a thumbs up from the electrical inspector). Way to go guys!

Dining room recessed potlights


Circuit diagrams and switch box


Hard to tell from the photo, this is the closet build out


Look at this fantastic panel box!


outlet box


"Hi"

Some old news (but we're still excited about it)

Here are a few pics from the month of May...

We now have a working toilet, flushes and everything!


The prettiest faucet handles (for the master bath)


My cute kitten in her favorite hiding spot

The Latest...

It doesn't look much different from the last post. Things have been moving slowly, so I don't have a lot of photos to post. We're also at the stage where it's not going to look much different until we can drywall...and that is still aways away. Over the last couple weeks, we've ordered our plumbing fixtures (oh, they are so pretty!) and we're just about to place our order for the windows (3-4 weeks for delivery). We've had our first injury (see photo below), thankfully it didn't require a visit to the hospital or stitches.

"Lower Level" washroom drain lines


Concrete over those suckers (yes, it was passed by the city inspector)


Drill bit took a bite out of Ben's face...

Mother Nature was good to us.

Our big accomplishment this weekend was filling in the back-fill from the foundation dig. With 23 degree temperatures, it was the perfect weekend to work outside. Sunday morning was so peaceful, we were digging before any of the neighbors were out - and with the birds chirping it almost sounded like being at the lake (distant cars and buses kind of sound like waves).

Does anyone know where we can recycle concrete?


The last wheelbarrow full.


It may just look like dirt to you, but it took a lot of shoveling to fill that baby.


I'm leggy...


Pretty.

Snowy Interlude

Calgary had it's spring snow storm last Thursday, the snow was gone the next day and the following weekend temperature made it up to 23 degrees. I have to say, the snow put me in a fantastic mood all day. The heavy snow (and late co-workers) reminded me of the "Snow Days" in Winnipeg...where the snow was so thick, we didn't have to go to school. Good times.

This is what we woke up to in the morning.




Buddy...are you really going to bike in this?

Slowly, but surely...

We added additional insulation stop to allow for 12" of blow-in insulation.


New high efficiency furnace! 92.5 efficient, to be exact.


Brand new ductwork, nice and clean...


Yep, we're still having fun.


"X" marks the spot. Dig, Klumper, dig...

Nothing better than some help from the family!

To bad they don't get to stay at the Hilton, here's Jeff's Bed after the 3rd night...


But they do get to eat pistachio pudding!


It's unbelievable how fast the addition went up...
















Plumbing instruction...


Stack dem up!




Ben's new toy!


Sunday clean up.


Thanks again to Ben & Jeff for all their hard work. It truly is amazing how much work they did for us...a month's worth of work for us - done in one week! And so much fun to have them here too! Thanks guys!