Flooring Progress

Hmmmm.... smells good.  And looks good!  The first floor is near completion and I'm loving the quality of this wood.  

Flooring Starts

The hardwood installers arrived today and spent the first few hours diligently measuring and setting up the first strip of wood down the center of the first and second floors.  Like with most good trades, especially the "finishers", spending time on setup really pays off with speedier installations which are mistake free.  I'm looking forward to the smell of the red oak when it's first installed!

Nosing Installed

I don't like to get the nosing (the hardwood "lip" at the top of stairs and landings that finishes off the edge of the floor) until right before the flooring begins.  Stairtech arrived on schedule and installed the 3/4" red oak nosing to perfection today.

Drypack and Video

Today is the day where we start "finishing" the house.  The drywall is done, and the house is primed... well - check it out.

Also, the drypackers were in to prepare the wood surfaces to better accept tile.  That includes the master shower which got a sculpted slope down to the drain.

Landscape design

We're getting to the final strokes on the house exterior, so working with Danny and Marlen, I've put together a rough mock up (Etobicoke hasn't seen grass this green this year!) of the exterior elements of the house.  We should be good to start the driveway and interlock over the next few weeks.

Stucco and taping progress

The stucco is going well, as is the taping.  We should be done with drywall and ready for priming by Monday, and hopefully by then we'll see the final product on the front too.

Stucco and Aluminum

Eddie, the specialist guy from Elstructures stucco, started installing the box window cladding today.  It's going to be a great complement to the front facade when we're done.

Meanwhile, George's guys were back working on the front porch roof and some odds and ends.

Even the the front roof pitch is really low and kind of hard to see from the street, it does look great (I can assure you! :-)).