Flooring

Our engineered hardwood flooring had acclimated for a week - so this weekend we had no excuses - we were going to lay the flooring in the kitchen, living room and hallway. There would be no fishing, snowboarding or relaxing until it was done. As it turned out our weekend was extremely dull. There were none of the above activities - we laid the last piece at about 5 pm Sunday. Thank goodness for the Masters. It was on all weekend and provided a slight distraction from all the bending, kneeling, glueing, sawing and splinters. The house now looks like a house, and not a construction site. Its awesome!

We started at the end of the hallway  - it ended up being the hardest area as there were a lot of cuts needed.

We lay the underlay first.

It took all day to lay this much. We ended friday somewhat deflated by how time consuming it was, but we were happy with how it was starting to look!

Day 2 - the kitchen and entrance way.

Once we didn't have to make many cuts, and we could just glue and click - progress was quicker

Url was exhausted

and then had a second wind, and wanted to help!!

The workshop in the basement

Almost finished with the kitchen

The KITCHEN!!

Hallway

We started the living room on Sunday

Only a few pieces left to lay

Happy to be almost finished!

Living room

KITCHEN

LIVING ROOM

Progress.

April is here. The winter has flown by. We continue to plod on with the remodel, and we can almost see light at the end of the long, expensive, stressful tunnel. This is what's been happening in the past few months in Minturn.

• Url and the dog down the road have a regular stand off. 

• We have heat and water!!

Baseboard heaters

•  I re-finished an old dining room table - I think its awesome - Chris is not so sure!!

Legs.

My lovely purple table

•  The engineered hard wood floor arrived - we hope to install it this weekend!! Its acclimatising rght now!

Maple Nougat Hardwood Flooring - from SimpleFloors.com

•  The bathroom vanity is finished

• The shower is a work in progress - the tiling has been started, but is a job I keep avoiding. The plastic works well enough - so at least we can shower!! 

Plastic covered shower

• The washing machine works, as does the dishwasher - which is a complete luxury. We need to vent the gas range and also the dryer before we can use those though!
• Warrick the fish has been reunited with the family, after an extended stay in East Vail!
• The fire-door in the garage has been installed. As has one of the bathroom doors. We are waiting for the clawfoot tub to arrive before the main door is installed. Hopefully next week!!!!!!! I can't wait to have a bath!!!!

Chris installing the door from the bathroom to the master bed!

While the cats away....

I went to England. Chris took a week off work and worked on the house.
Progress was good. Most of the floor was laid. The roof was supported. Walls were framed. The fire wall went up. More cement was poured. The construction site I left looks more like an actual house now. I should go away more often!

Center framing still there to support the roof. Flooring in center of the house almost done!

The plank into the house

Some of the dry wall was removed!

New beam across to support the roof

Framing of the new rooms almost finished!! Plank still in place though! View of where the kitchen/living will be - and then second bedroom plus corridor.

Fire wall fully underway. New back door framed!

Step up to Master bedroom - New floor laid, and new wall framed!

This is the original (outside) wall of the bathroom - please note the slightly unlevel framing! Unique to say the least!