Construction Update

Well everything is coming along pretty good, it has just taken alot longer than anticipated.

First, I will tell you that our street is no longer a dirt road they have brought in the asphalt. It looks great! The only thing left for the road crew to do is the swalling. The swalling is in place of a gutter and crubs. In the mountains you have more asphalt that connects the road to our driveways and is kind of like a dip for drainage. So we have about two feet of dirt still.

Second, our furnace is now in and functioning. It is located under the house and looks like a huge octapus with lots of arms or tubing for vents that travel under the house to each vent on the first floor. The house is now cozy and warm just in time since it has been down to 30 degrees at night. Sorry no pictures

This is a photo of our new deck which is also complete. It is beautiful. We were going to oil it before we left on vacation but we have run out of time so we are going to hire someone to do it while we are on vacation. They will sand it all down. Put three coats of Australian Timber Oil and it will be all sealed for the winter.


Last but not least this is our new tankless water heater. Very interesting? We have endless hot water! So far so good! As you can see we still haven't been able to finish up the utility room yet. Jim has been working very hard. I probably won't get my washer and dryer hooked up until after we get back, we just don't have the time to get the floor in before we leave. But I think the mudding will be complete and maybe I can get the walls painted. We are sooooo close...........