Inspections and Insulation

 

 The beam is set in place and the support beams are removed! The kitchen space is opening up.  We had the framing and the wiring inspections today and we passed.  Now we can close up the walls and it will start looking less like a construction site and more room-like. 

The steel beam set in place

Now the next step of insulating the newly framed wall we took on ourselves.  We got the simple, pink fiberglass R-12 insulation and filled in the former window cavities and then between all the studs.  In the bathroom, we added more insulation to the sound-proofing that the crew has put up earlier.

We did the walls in about 2 hours, with me doing the measuring and cutting and Will doing the stapling-- though I realize that there is no photo of me doing the work.  Only proof of Will's labor, but I swear I was working too. 

the now-insulated, passing framed wall

 We used all the insulation and only had the tiniest bits of scrap left over.  We felt that it made a noticeable difference in temperature, but that could have been because we shut the back door after Stirling came in....ahem.

The sound proofing we requested in the powder room was only put in on two sides and not the floor or ceiling.  We added regular insulation to the outer wall, but we aren't sure how quiet it will be in there once it is closed in and has a door.  When standing in it, there is a definitely a dampening of sound, but we aren't sure how that will translate when all of this is said and done.

The sound proofing is the more dense stuff seen here.

 Tomorrow drywall comes and will be hung and the rest of the week will be finishing that: taping the seams, mudding, sanding, re-mudding the seams, etc.  We were told that we were about a week behind schedule, but that they might be able to gain more time if the drywalling goes quickly. Fingers crossed for that!

My reflection in the window proves that I was at least there...