While I took the week off to go sailing on the coast, Nils stayed the course at the worksite, clearing stone walls as Robert’s Roofing covered the ell with a standing seam metal roof.
Stone walls will define our front yard. We are imagining a granite patio where the debris is now, surrounded by flowers and native plants.
Before the new roofing could be installed on the farmhouse side, the crew had to remove the old rusted metal rood and the asphalt shingles under it. Then they laid down plywood and waterproofing, topping them with the shiny new charcoal grey Everlast metal roof.
Inside, carpenters sanded and stained the ash flooring they laid down in the living room, giving it a lustrous honey-colored finish that brings out the character of the wood.
They also added a layer of Bona finish to harden and protect the painted kitchen floor.
Upstairs, the antique pine floors got special treatment. They were sanded three times with increasingly fine sandpaper, wiped down, and finished with Bona. The stain brings out the knots and darkens the lines of the wood.
Tilers began their work this week, installing subway tiles around the bathtub and laying (orange) underfloor heating in the guest and Maine bathrooms.
Gagnon’s geothermal team spent their time in the basement, connecting wires and hoses and doing other incomprehensible tasks essential to keeping us warm in winter and cool in summer. The house is too full of sawdust too turn on the system just yet.
We will be moving into the house in less than two weeks; we have faith that our construction and carpentry crews will make the interior ready for us in time. It will be a treat to wake up one morning and come down to the kitchen and make coffee looking out these windows!
2 responses to “Post 57: Top to Bottom Progress”
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This is getting exciting! Wonderful employment of local skilled tradesmen. Great to hear the old metal roof will be repurposed by a neighbor. This home will continue to build community in and for Sweden and multitudes of other visitors from around the world. Impressive work has been superbly executed by the teams involved.