Week 11

This week, the workers continued stuffing the walls and ceilings with insulation.

On Monday, the shower was "hot mopped" - thick layers of hot tar and heavy-duty felt for long-lasting waterproofing and for protecting the sub-floor. A layer of concrete will go over this and then the tile. It's a California thing.

On Tuesday, the city inspector came by and approved the shower and left a to-do list with a few minor corrections.

Our roof has been shingled. I had considered having the existing shingles removed and replaced with a different color (gray), but they are not very old and are still in good shape, so since we're on a budget, we agreed to go with an almost-matching shingle. You can barely tell they are different, in my opinion.

Also, the house has been beautifully wrapped, being made ready for stucco-ing, and the eaves have been spackled and primed. The posts in the patio have had caps welded on for the roof beams.

The shingles on the garage (left) are the original ones, they
have a bit more black shading in them. The shingles on
the new building (right) are new.

On Saturday, they added ventilation for our dryer in the garage, running the hose through a soffit and out the back of the garage. That greenish-blue drywall is where the entryway from the enclosed patio to the garage used to be.

Here's what our living room looks like now, with a wide trench running all the way across the ceiling.

Lastly, here's a sneak peek of the tile that is going into the shampoo niches in the kids' bathroom with another vertical ceiling-to-tub band behind the fixtures on the opposite wall.

Next week: closing up the interior walls with drywall!