186 Van Dusen

Jampa switched tasks to the casing, doors and baseboards.  I'm really liking how the house is shaping up.

Jampa finished the 2nd floor hardwood installation and moved on to the basement where they've chosen a laminate with a similar finish to the hardwood.

After a major clean up inside, Jampa arrived to start the prefinished maple wood floors.  I love the natural colour of the wood and though soft, it's going to wear well over time.

Some of the front details are taking shape, while Fred was installing tile after the tapers finished.  The stucco guys finished the front facade (dark grey below), while George was around to do the soffits and start the longboard.  The prefinished metal product is a super long lasting, durable (and expensive) alternative to wood.  The front door looks great, though George is going to come back and make a slightly more random pattern in the various tones of "wood".

The drywall tapers, the messiest trade (it's just the job of taping that's messy, not the guys :-)), were in this week to start the two week process of taping.  Luckily, our hydro service got connected (gas is nowhere in sight!) so we were able to rent two large electric heaters to get the house hot enough to dry.

Drywall started and finished this week!  With a crew of 4 or 5, Alvarino's guys make short but careful work of the installation.

Thom completed the front stone work this week.  Looks great! We also manged to finally get our water service upgrade poked into the basement of the house.... that took a while to work it's way through the city bureaucracy. The last thing we did this week was to get the driveway prepped.  We won't get the final paving done until the spring, but this gives us a good, clean base to work from over the winter.