Front Door Installed

The front door has been installed at long last. Two weeks ago the opening was prepared and the rest of the porch siding installed. We also hung the mail box. The door handle and lock combination is on order as we'd forgotten to do that. 

The door and upper trim along the ceiling will be stained a dark walnut colour soon.

Sidding Completed

SE corner showing the foundation covered with a thin hardy-board panel 

Front porch. Next up is the front door which will be moved a bit to the north. 

New bead board covering the old nasty painted board. 

Interior of porch. 

Outside of porch with hatch to under-porch storage area. 

North side. AC pipe still needs to be attached. 

North side. 

West elevation. We changed the design of the window trim of the middle window. 

Sidding Begins

More Insulation!

Under the front porch. 

If we had unlimited money we would rebuild the porch so that the InSoFast was continuous above and below the porch; eliminating a thermal bridge created by the porch framing. 

Small Items

Over the last couple of weeks some small things have been completed.

• The exterior of the original foundation has been water proofed with tar and insulated with InSoFast panels. 
• Because of the delay in the siding installation we had the sofits covered to prevent animals from potentially nesting or hanging out.
• Inside a still hot but no longer needed gas line was removed. It ran nearly the length of the house along the center support beam. Now that it is gone I can proceed with installing the sound isolation channels and hanging new drywall to finish the ceiling. 

One somewhat alarming discovery - a water pipe to the basement shower that has been exposed to the hot exhaust pipe from our on demand hot water heater. The exposure has resulted in corrosion plus the exterior vent was allowing considerable air infiltration. 

The water pipe will be insulated and the vent insulated with fire proof rock wool.

Foundation Insulation

South foundation:  Excavated down about 1' below grade. After drying it will be broom cleaned then black water sealing tar applied.  

 

Southeast Corner

 

North Foundation

 

North Foundation

 

Insulated and filled back in. 

North Elevation: Showing join between old and new part of house. The new part is SIPs and thus no additional insulation needed. 

New Soffits

South Elevation. Kid's room. Note the foam panels go all the way to the top of the wall. The framing for the new soffits attach to the panels, not the wall, thereby eliminating a thermal bridge. You can see the foam insulation that encloses the pantry and access to attic and back roof.   

Dinning Room push out. 

SE Corner. Past water damage and rot is clear. Fortunately the plywood holds everything in place. 

North Elevation. Attachment of the soffit to the panels is clearer. 

NE Corner.