Friday, May 19, 2023

Circuit Breakers

 Yesterday I got all of the circuit breakers installed.  So, electrical is done except for hooking up devices such as the mini-split, water heater, etc. which will not happen for a while.




Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Drip Edge

 Today I put on the second coat of stain on the roof trim and installed drip edge.

Drip Edge


Monday, May 15, 2023

Electrical & Staining Trim

 I put a first coat of stain on the roof edge trim today.  Hopefully a second coat tomorrow and it'll be ready for drip edge and roofing.


I'm also continuing to work on the electrical.  I only have the water heater circuit left to run and then to install breakers and hook everything up in the box.




Thursday, May 4, 2023

Various Tasks

 Since the last post I've gotten a number of things done.

I got both the front door & the sliding door openings taped.

Front Door edges taped

Sliding Door edges taped

I also installed the breaker box in the house and all of the electrical boxes for outlets, switches, lights & smoke detectors.  The ones on the outside of the house have a piece of stained 3/4" pressure treated plywood that they're mounted on.

Breaker Box

Plywood mounting block

On that mounting block in the photo above the meter box is mounted and connected to the breaker box.


Meter Box

Breaker Box connected

I also installed the roof edge trim on the east & west gable ends.

East Trim

West Trim

Next step is to install the trim on the north & south eaves, get it stained and then install drip edge on all four sides.  After that I'll be ready for roofing.









Lots of progress

 Since the last post I've gotten a lot done. Finished the spackling and painting and painted the inside of the front door. I picked up a...