Week 5 - Building permit!

We finally got our building permit for our extension this week. Now things can really move. Not too much else to see apart from...

Kitchen backdoor has been removed:

Foundation inspected and ready for concrete on Monday:

Backdoor steps from the master bedroom being built:

Week 4 - Plumbing

More plumbing this week. Not much else as the new city engineer has added more delays so we can't get started on the extension just yet. 

We did choose countertops for the kitchen this week - we went with quartz which is much harder, longer lasting and needs less maintenance than granite. The color is a deep blue and will look something like this:

End of week 3 - Plumbing and framing

We had another delay in getting the building permit for the extension this week. The contract engineer wanted a soil sample now which could cost thousands and delay by a few more weeks. We just found out that this engineer contractor was fired by the city for being a douchebag and we are meeting with a new one on Tuesday that should approve us so we can get going.

While we waited for the permits we moved the plumbing forward:

The above shot is from the garage where we are creating a laundry area and place for the waterheater:

The bathrooms were framed in this week. We decided to go a little extra special in the master bathroom and vault the ceiling in there to help it feel a little more spacious. We will add sun tubes (alternatives to skylights) to make it lighter and still private.  

Master bath framed in

We are reducing the width of the linen closet by the guest bathroom to make the corridor there feel wider.

Guest bathroom framed in

We selected the shower units:

http://www.moen.com/products/TS3712BN

Also the guest bedroom was framed in so now there is a single entrance from the corridor. It feels smaller than we would have hoped and so we are going to make this into Ethan's room as he does not need much space at the moment. This enables us to use the other room as a combination office and guest bedroom.

Guest bedroom (now Ethan's room) from the kitchen. The door has been removed and framed in.

Guest/Ethan's room from living room with the open area framed in and the door moved to the corridor

Week 2 - Foundation work and initial framing

Week 2 was mainly foundation work for the extension with some initial framing and the rest of the demo.

Foundation for extension has been dug

Exterior of the kitchen prepped for the extension

View of the kitchen wall from the inside with daylight visible through it

Sunroom ceiling vaulted

Roof trimmed back down the side of the house opening up the side

New frame for the guest bedroom 

Demo day 3

Living room

Sun room

Kitchen with the chimney removed

Guest bathroom opened up

Master bathroom

Master bedroom viewed through the guest bedroom

Ethan's room

Backyard with the chimney and watertank removed