And A Seized Defrost Motor.......

Well for starters, the tub is repaired and works well. Bonus. However, and yes there is a however, upon closer inspection since the enclosure had to be removed, we have noticed that the tub has been improperly braced.

In order to support the load of the large tub full of water including a person (or two), it should sit inside a "cradle", unfortunately our tub only has supports in the front and butts against the wall. This has nothing to do with the pump failure, this just adds insult to injury and needs to be pulled out and re-done.

As for our air exchange system, it seemed to be running constantly and we noticed condensation in the basement around the units ducts and even frozen areas within them. Not good. So, a repair man came out today and it seems that the defrost motor is seized, so the part is ordered. He also noticed that the seal was improper between the two ducts and will replace that as well.

The laundry room is done now, we just need to put the light fixture back up and put the outlet covers on, otherwise it is re-drywalled, re-painted and re-ready for laundry doing.....oh wait, you would need an operational dryer for that....... that's right folks our brand new gas dryer has gone on the fritz, some error F70 code that the internet comes up with as a computer/control communication error, the repair person can not come out until Dec 30.

It could be worse, I am not complaining, just sharing. :)

Eaves Trough Is On.

The eaves trough was finally installed this week, and it looks pretty nice. It is a seamless product and rather than the standard tin, they used steel because of the steel roof choice. We buried "big O" to drain into the field to the south of us and the eaves drains directly into that, so we hope that there will not be a huge amount of drainage mess in the spring.

The laundry room has its last coat of mud and should be ready for paint on Saturday, hopefully next week we can get the final coats on in the upstairs hall as well. The shower glass for the upstairs bathroom should be finished this week as well.

And The Mess Rolls On.

Well, we are pretty much moved in, and by pretty much I mean the only things that is preventing us from being totally settled is this laundry room/jacuzzi re-work. The tub is now officially fixed (and tested) and we had to rip the pine off for the repair to be done properly so we have decided to tile around the jacuzzi and build in a "secret" access panel, will look much nicer. The drywall board is up in the laundry room and the drywaller should be out today or Monday to do the first coat of mud, not looking forward to this mess and therefore I am holding out on the main Christmas decorating (the tree). The shower glass is due tomorrow and for that we are very excited, as we are enjoying our shower very much but will appreciate the added warmth the glass will add to the enclosure. The back of the house (main entry) is almost complete and the eaves trough should be here Monday as well - next week is shaping up to be a busy one!

We have managed to find a home for "most" of our furniture, though going from 3000 sq ft (Chatsworth) to 1500 sq ft, poses some space issues for bulky items........ Ikea has been wonderful! We are still making some configuration changes as we go, but for the most part things are relatively organized, it has been a lot of fun after waiting so long.