It's a House

O.K. we have structure. It’s been a while, so let’s go back a bit. I’ve been stalking the house for the last two weeks as progress has been fast and steady. It only took about two days to get the entire house framed and then on the third day we had a shingles. This was awesome, because we have had such a wet summer this year we were lucky enough to be able to avoid having the house rained in so mold concerns are minimized.

In only two weeks we have had the house framed, HVAC, plumbing and windows installed. It’s been very interesting to see the house go up and everyday something new has been done. The garage is still one of my favorite things about the house. Its huge on the inside with a ceiling height of about 13 feet. I did have one concern though, there was water shut off valve that was installed which stuck out of the wall nearly a foot. The bad part about this was where it was located. It was on the left side of the garage right where the driver’s side was would open up. Seeing as how we actually intend to use the garage, this would have meant that every time I got out of my wife’s car I would either smack the pipe with the car door or my face. I spoke with the PM about this and he stated it would be moved. I went out two days later and it was taken care of. I’m glad this worked out so well for obvious reasons, but also because it was the first real issue I had ran into and it gave me a good idea as to the kind of service I can expect from out PM in the future. (I will say that I’m not real pleased with the method that Ryan home uses to allow you to speak with your PM. I had to call a corporate number and leave a message for him to contact me. Although this is not a preferred method for me I guess I understand, and it all worked out so I can deal with it for now.)

I’m not sure who the plumber was for our home, but he obviously did not use any real common sense. When deciding where to place things. Aside from the issue mentioned above, he also placed the one of the hose bibs in a rather useless place. It’s on the left side of the house right behind the porch, pretty sure it will never get any use over there, but we will see. The other hose bib is right next to the back deck so at least that one isn’t horrible.
On the subject of HVAC, I was pleasantly surprised that Ryan has updated their HVAC systems. They have started to use a method that I learned about in the MI Homes. This update involves adding additional vents outside of the bedrooms that allow for better air flow. In our last home we had to leave doors open to the rooms or else they would be freezing in the winter, so I’m hoping this will help.
Guardian came out and met with me a earlier this week about the placement of all of our low voltage electrical outlets. It only took about 15 minutes and he pretty much knew where everything would go before I got there. Today when I went by it was all installed. The best thing about all of this was the hose they installed for me to go from the outlet box where the surround sound will go to the outlet behind the T.V. I requested this because the way technology changes so quickly now, I didn’t want to have an HDMI cable ran know and then when they become obsolete have to right back to running a cable along the wall again. The hose should make fishing the next cable through with no issues. We are supposed to have our pre-drywall meeting next week so I’m looking forward to continuing the process from here. I will try to keep things updated.

Sorry the pictures don't show this all that great, but the orange hose is what I'm talking about here.