Monthly Archives: January 2008

We have had lots of different sub-contractors out at the house over the last two weeks and some significant progress has been made. The plumbers finished their "rough in" except they forgot to plumb for the ice maker in the … Continue reading →

Jan 19th 2008 – today we drove into Kent (a small city south east of Seattle not the county) to choose our granite slabs.  We took with us samples of the both cabinet door styles and a small piece of … Continue reading →

The plumbers got here early and triggered the Poodle alert system.  Today they installed the new pipe work for the center Island sink (hot, cold and waste), the new dishwasher and the new sink in the dining room area.  They … Continue reading →

Thurs Jan 10, 2008:  When I last wrote Hank was removing the framing around the library wall and redoing it on the other side.  After this was done Hank turned his attention to the new patio door opening.  We are … Continue reading →

Monday Jan 7th and the contractors are here early.  Today is the day that work begins the house.  The contractors start by creating two "plastic walls" either side of the passage way that runs between the Butlers Pantry and the … Continue reading →

This is what the addition looked like after the workers "knocked off" for the end of the year – which was about 2pm on December 28th. As you can see the outline of the structure is now complete.  The addition … Continue reading →