We’ve made a lot of progress in the last month.   It’s not easy to take pictures because it’s mostly demolition and wiring but the end goal is to get both the upstairs and downstairs of the main house (not the addition which is the livingroom/garage area) insulated.  Originally we were going to do just the upstairs but we decided with the new heating system it made sense to get the downstairs also done at the same time.  This meant more demo, more electrical.

This weekend we were close to done on electrical and I had a handle on it.  I’ve got exactly 3 small tasks left to do before we’re done and ready now.  I got a new outlet circuit run in the playroom, broke apart some lighting circuits (the whole downstairs was on a single circuit so I put the hallways on their own, the others can be modified later as they are on interior walls).  I got the small bathroom wired up – I need a double gang box to finish it and I need romex connectors to wire the fans in both bathrooms but I plan to pick those up tomorrow and finish that up.

The sewing room/office outlet circuit needs a new feed (it’s fed off the basement lights which doesn’t work well for us), the fans have to be wired and the 4 wires fed to the subpanel that aren’t hooked up yet need to be hooked up.  Then electrical upstairs is done completely (and downstairs exterior walls are done).  Next Sunday we’ll finish removing the old insulation, check for any nails we missed in the walls and tie down any loose wires we missed (hidden in insulation).  Then insulation will be that week after!

Ryan and his Dad worked on an outdoor project since the weather was so nice – they started getting the soffits covered with vinyl and the frieze boards covered with aluminum.  We need a bit more material but it looks awesome so far!  We haven’t ordered siding yet (nothing matches that we’ve found yet) but it looks great seeing this come together.