Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Finally, an update!

It's been forever since I've actually written anything about the house - this is mostly because the house projects are moving forward at a snail's pace. My general contractor has been moving at the speed of molasses and I haven't felt too motivated myself recently.

The contractor has finally started work on the slate, and I'm told that one of the new gutters will be here today, I think - I'll believe it when I see it.

I've finally finished the drywall on the ceiling in the library - I hope to start working on the crown moulding in there tonight.

Further, I've learned something that I wish I knew earlier. It can be just about impossible to get the old glazing out of steel casement windows - unlike wood windows, there seems to be less chance for humidity to get into the space between the glazing and the frame - so the glazing is often rock hard. I learned that a bit of heat, from a torch, will soften the glazing up enough that it comes out quite easily!

Hopefully I'll be able to make a post later this afternoon illustrating all the progress on the house.

4 comments:

Mr. Kluges said...

If your experiences are anything like ours, the projects will creep and creep and creep. And then all of a sudden in the space of a few weeks, there will be a whirlwind of activity. And then it will be back to creep, creep, creep. So what's the story with the new gutter?

Christopher Busta-Peck said...

It's more than that. We paid for the materials for this project in April, and have just been getting one excuse after another after another. I will address this in detail shortly.

There are a couple sections of gutter that have to be either repaired or replaced due to ice damage. These are K-style gutters, made of copper. It is further complicated by their profile being different from what is standard today. The city is requiring that we address this - they were among the violations we agreed to address when we purchased the house.

Christine said...

And? So where are the pictures?

Christopher Busta-Peck said...

There are no pictures because I spent all my time going over the contractor's work and realizing that he wasn't doing things right. I've got some pictures of the areas that he wasn't doing right, and I hope to post them tomorrow. Argh.