04.23.12.: Week 11| Recap

Warning:  Prepare yourself for copious gratuitous shots of drywall

This week was more duct work and furnace installation.  The guys went around putting up all the drywall they could before the HVAC inspection takes place.  Once that happens we can close more walls up  (yay!)  The exciting part of walking into the building on Friday night after a week of work was seeing the 1 bedroom apartment almost completely drywalled!  Because all of the HVAC runs for this apartment are actually in the floor below, we could do this without  obscuring anything the inspector needs to see.  It turned out exactly as I expected…  I actually felt like I was standing in the SketchUp model I made back in November.  Here’s to putting those expensive architect skills to good use…

And last but not least let’s not forget the amassing of streetside utilities…  One of the furnaces was not vented at all, so we had to add these vents to the new one for code compliance.   I am kind of bummed about all the utilities on the exterior of the building, but I’m telling myself it actually all won’t look so bad once it’s cleaned up and painted.  Cleaning the exterior brick isn’t part of this project ($$$$), but if any of you out there know who I talk to to get the ridiculous number of cable and telephone wires snaking all over my building taken down, I’d be happy to know!

So that’s it for this week.  It’s so crazy to think that not long from now, this is going to be somebody’s pad!  Or some people’s pad(s) rather.  Coming up next week we have finishers starting!  And I know I’ve been saying this for a while now, but the kitchen cabinets are being purchased on Thursday!!  so at the very least, next week’s post will have pictures of piles and piles of boxes full of cabinet parts =)