Oscar and Philip from Carmichael Decorating were back Saturday working on the front porch at the “L” Shaped House. The first photo shows the bead board ceiling after they finished spraying the first coat of white paint.
The next photo shows the french doors leading to the living room from the front edge of the porch. Here we can see the freshly painted white trim all around the doorway. The whole porch looks very nice with a fresh coat of paint on all of the primed surfaces.
Luke (Wire-Rite) and Paul worked late Friday evening finishing up some of the electrical work at the “L” Shaped House. The first photo below shows the Faber vent hood above the cooktop after Paul moved it down 3” and Luke re-connected the power. Once the special order 12” fixtures arrive Luke will finish up the under-cabinet lighting and the kitchen will be almost complete!
The next photo shows the air-conditioning condenser on the upper patio after Luke finished installing the electrical enclosure and wiring. It looks like cool air inside is just around the corner!
The last photo shows the front side of the Luxaire furnace and central air-conditioner in the basement mechanical room after Luke finished connecting it to the electrical system.
Jeremy spent the day Friday hooking up plumbing fixtures all over the “L” Shaped House. The first photo shows the sink in the basement kitchen with both a Delta single handle pull–out faucet and a filtered water faucet in the back corner.
The next photo shows the cabinet under the kitchen sink with all of the connections including the disposal and dishwasher in place.
The third and fourth photos show some of the work being completed in the basement. First; the water softener connections on the back wall of the mechanical room. Second; the laundry tub installed in the storage room.
The last photo shows the service sink faucet (and Matt Sletten’s tile work) installed in the outside wall of the mudroom. This industrial strength faucet will provide a source of hot & cold running water for dog baths, muddy boot cleaning, and countless other messy jobs.
Sam and Harris spent the morning working at PICo drilling mounting holes in the garage post. The post will stand between the third and fourth stalls and support the jib crane we plan to install in the garage at the “L” Shaped House. The photo below shows Sam as he switches to the 9/16” drill bit in the portable magnetic drill press. First we carefully aligned the mounting brackets for the jib crane on the post and used a transfer punch to mark the position of the holes. Finally we precisely locate the drill press above the starter holes and drill through the mounting plates. We delivered the finished post to the house around noon today for Paul to install in the garage.
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The video shows Harris running the Bux Drill as he completes one of the 9/16” holes in the post.
The last photo shows the finished beam on the floor in the garage. Paul Winters will now stand the post up under the 8” beam in the ceiling and anchor it to the floor.
Luke from Wire-Rite was back today working with Paul Winters to install the pendants in the kitchen ceiling above the island and sink. The first photo shows the five new pendants from the bay window in the dining room. Our goal was to align the two fixtures over the sink “in-between” the three over the island when viewed from the dining room. The Kichler Mini Pendants are from the same Hedrick family of lighting fixtures Dianne at Cartier Lighting recommended for the dining room chandelier and wall sconces.
The second photo shows the kitchen pendants from the laundry room doorway with the lowered vent hood on the oven wall in the background. The kitchen looks absolutely wonderful with the pendants dimmed and the under cabinet lights turned on. I think the hood looks better 3” lower…especially with the cast iron cooktop grates installed.
Philip from Carmichael Decorating has been working to finish up painting the outside trim and porch ceilings for the last couple of days. The first photo shows the trim outside the dining room bay window after he finished applying the second coat of paint.
The second photo shows the ceiling above the breezeway entry porch after Philip rolled two coats of white paint on the bead board and trim. All three porches on the “L” Shaped House have recessed can lights on dimmers in the bead board ceilings.
I pushed the Samsung refrigerator back up to the wall and took a few photos showing how it fits into the basement kitchen. While the Samsung refrigerator is only 3” taller, 3” wider, and 2” shallower than the GE; it seems to “fit” in the space much better. The grey sides and stainless front blend into the decorating nicely as well.
A shot of the new Samsung with the refrigerator door and freezer drawer open.
The SLH Home Systems folks installed the Beam central vacuum KickSweep in the kick panel under the pantry cabinet in the kitchen. The KickSweep is turned on and off using your foot and placed so that items swept into the corner are sucked into the central vacuum system. The first photo shows the “business end” of the KickSweep under the cabinet.
The next photo shows the both the KickSweep and the access panel cut into the back of the cabinet that allows access to the back side of the panel. The last photo shows the central vacuum piping as it exits the wall in the basement mechanical room. Anything captured by the central vacuum system will exit this pipe into the main vacuum head unit.
John DoBrava and his crew from American Air Supply are back today installing the furnace and central air-conditioning in the “L” Shaped House. The first photo shows the furnace in place while Mark works to cover the seams in the ducting as he connects the cooling coil to the main plenum. The second photo shows the furnace with the cold air return plumbed to the base and most of the duct work complete.
The last photo shows the central air condenser sitting on the paver patio along the back wall of the house. Once the electricians get power to this unit we will have cool dry air inside!
Seth from (blank) was out this morning to install shower doors in the master and first floor bathrooms. He also measured for the shower door in the basement bathroom and a giant dance/karate mirror on the end wall of the bonus room. The first two photos show the newly installed shower door in the master bathroom. Seth encouraged us to use a semi-frameless door system with 1/4” clear glass. I think the results are really very nice!
The next photo shows the door on the first floor bathroom shower. The clear glass in the shower doors will allow anyone using the bathrooms at the “L” Shaped House to admire Matt Sletten’s beautiful tile work.
