The last downspout was added and the ladders are down!
tomorrow, one of the guys will be over to pick up the pile of trash/scraps…then, I have to figure out how to recover the grass, it has really taken a beating!
Next priorities, I need to get Scott over here to build a landing with steps and the front siding…but this may need to wait for a bit, I need to make peace with the $$ spent and how much I will need for the next phase.
This is the last of what Kevin’s guys are doing…
Before!
After! What a difference a day makes!
We also had an injury today, Tom cut his finger with a razor knife! It was gross! let’s just say that his fingernail probably saved him a trip to the ER! not saying that he couldn’t have used some stitches, but we put Neosporin on it, gauze and wrapped it…and he went back to work…I know that had to freaking hurt!!
*Rob stopped in Saturday 6/21 and said that Tom was working another job. I’m glad he’s ok!
one more downspout and the front is done! Well, at least this phase of it!
It started to rain late in the day, so Jesse couldn’t hang the last gutter because of the sealant not being set and it still raining.
Tomorrow they do the back of the house soffits! This will improve the looks of the back 100%
Before!
I returned the incorrect flashing kit yesterday on my way back from the car inspection with the Lemon Law mechanic. He was nice, easy to be around and full of some pretty good stories….but the issue I am experiencing DID NOT happen for him! makes me second guess myself, but I know my car, something still isnt right and I dont want it to be an issue 3, 4, 5 years from now!
No Joe today! Joe’s girlfriend is having a baby and her water broke early this morning. I am excited for them!
Tom is helping Jesse today, he’s a little more quiet than the rest of Kevin’s crew, but maybe that’s because this is the first time he has met me…guess we’ll see!
Tyvek Paper went up on the front so they can build out the soffits and put the vent panels up. It’s looking good!
I handed Kevin a check today because I didn’t want to be blown away by how much it all comes to, he looked at the check and laughed and gave me a roundabout of how much time and materials are already invested…I am still blown away and need to process it all…OMG! what have I gotten myself into??
They are doing great work! I know Kevin is probably making minimal profit on this job (and I really appreciate it!!) and I know that I will figure it all out (that’s what the HELOC is for), but OMG!!
gutters, flashing and roofing, Oh My!
One side of the roof done!! Now I need to run to Home Depot for a flashing kit!
They thought they were getting out here today ha ha ha
Kevin call me today and asked if Jesse and Joe should do the soffits on the front of the house. I was sold…Joe had said that it would be easier to do it before the finishing work gets done. That makes sense to me and it will actually make it cheaper because Scott wouldn’t need to pull the gutters back down, doing twice the work.
But if they are doing the front, the back really needs to be done too…
When they opened up the back soffit, these fell out…who knows how many more are in there??
There was nothing alive on this honeycomb!!
I am happy that I have people that I trust doing all of this work on the house! Jesse and Joe have been doing a great job, but this project feels much bigger than I was originally expecting!
It will all be worth it, right?
Now I am off to get my car inspected by the lemon law lawyers (and return the Flashing Kit)
Go to home depot, lowes, ace hardware, where-ever you can buy cheap…extra large…disposable drop cloths…cover everything!!
I wish I had known this before I started!!
This shit is everywhere! In some places, you can’t even see the floor! 3 layers of shingles…and this!
I spent a couple hours up there today with wet/dry vac. I feel like I didn’t get very much of it up…sweating my ass off!
All I can say about this skylight is…I better enjoy it!!
The skylight I wanted and paid for at lowes was backordered…for a month, so I called and canceled the order. I had to go through hoops with the guy on the phone because he kept insisting that if I don’t wait, I might get something that I don’t want…yeah, no shit??!!
We jumped in the car and headed to Lowes (which really sucks because there is NOT one very close) and bought the second choice, a Velux residential skylight, I was told that i didnt need the flashing kit because it was new construction.
Well, I had to get a flashing kit yesterday. I printed out exactly what I needed and headed to Lowes. I grabbed the one with the right ITEM number.
Found out 10 minutes ago that the item number matched, but the model number didnt…so I had to run to home depot and get the correct one (I didn’t know that HD carried the Velux skylights)
One more trip back to Lowes to return the original…like I said, I better like it!
Not threat of rain today! Jesse and Joe installed the skylight and put down the roofing underlayment, this is how it looked when they were done today. John came by with the dump truck and cleared out all of the scraps and trash…it’s really all starting to look awesome!
