Finishing Up This Week (We Hope)

Last week the back ordered wood flooring came in and was installed on Friday. The new dishwasher was delivered and will be installed as well as the rest of the plumbing fixtures in the middle of this week. The counters are scheduled for installation on Tuesday and the remaining electrical, exhaust fan, carpentry, wall priming and tiled walls in the kitchen will be completed at the end of the week.



The flooring installer getting instructions from the
contractor on how to start the new floor layout

Squaring off the existing floor


The existing wood flooring is being cut and prepared
for the new prefinished floor planks





The floor is started on the patio side glued and nailed

All cutting was done outside on the patio


The floor is installed over flooring paper and blind
nailed into the plywood underlayment


The blind nail unit could only be used at the refrig.
open area opening when finishing the remaining floor




Installing the last pieces along the base cabinets
on the sink side only was a little tricky and had
to be done with glue and surface nailing using a very
thin nail set gun



The floor is finally finished

Electrical and Ceiling Closure

The electricians got to work very early in the morning to pull new wiring to the existing electrical panel, install and hookup some of the under cabinet puck lighting, wire and install the existing oven and running new wire to the existing track lights and ceiling fan in the living room.
The vent pipe enclosure and wood paneling items were completed.
The new dishwasher will be delivered later this week and the electricians will provide electrical outlets for the existing cooktop and recessed refrigerator. The pendant light over the eating area will be wired up to the electrical switch and the suspended light fixture in the middle of the kitchen will be installed and wired as well.
The new prefinished tongue and groove wood kitchen floor will be installed also this week.




New wiring is installed to the existing
fan and track lites in the living room along the
beam top to new wall switches as well


New electrical conduit in basement



Pulling new wiring to the existing electrical panel


The bottom wall cabinet panels having cutouts holes installed
for the puck lights



The puck lites under the kitchen and dining room
cabinets being installed

The puck lites over the sink area are completed


The existing oven is installed into its cabinet and hooked up

Preparing the lite track for the suspended pendant light


The pendant light over the eating area of the counter
is suspended from the lite track under the wood purlin


The existing vent stack is now enclosed and the wood ceiling
paneling has been completed

Wall Cap Trim and Pipe Enclosure

This week the living room wall, where the original removed entertainment cabinet enclosure and buffet top had been removed, received new matching wood cap trim and the exposed piping above enclosed with smooth faced panels. The original roof planks above were also covered with matching stained tongue and groove paneling.
Tomorrow the electricians will be here to pull wiring and install some of the lighting.

The living room wall to receive new cap trim and enclosure
above

The new wood wall cap trim routed out to match the
existing trim profile



Wall cap trim being cut and sanded outside




Installing the new wood wall cap and fitting it to the existing





Fitting the pipe and wiring enclosure with wood faced
panels on four sides


Starting to close off the ceiling with the matching wood planks on wood blocking


Getting that last panel to line up and fit between was not easy

Planks installed in one bay....three more areas to be
completed later