August, 2020 - Island Plumbing/Electrical Wall

When I started the 2 X 6 wall behind the kitchen island, the drain and vent pipes, the power wire, and the hot and cold water lines were all coming through the floor at the corner of the island.

I installed three outlets in the island. One is on the outside end of the island where everything came out of the floor. This has the GFI that controls the other two outlets. One interior outlet is for the built-in microwave, the other is for the dishwasher. The hot water line has a T behind the sink area with a separate line going directly behind the dishwasher. There is also a coax cable coiled behind the microwave in case anyone should want to use it in the future. It runs to the mechanical room.

August, 2020 - Kitchen Cabinets

The kitchen cabinets were installed this month.

I now have to install a 2 X 6 wall behind the island to hide the plumbing and electrical.

 

July, 2020 Basement radiant heat, flooring and trim

 

I installed a mini boiler in the mechanical room to heat only the basement floor. I installed 5 zones in the concrete when we poured the floor. You can see here there are 5 input ends and 5 output ends.

I then installed the floor in the rest of the basement and trimmed it out with knotty alder, which I purchased at the end of 2019.

July, 2020 - Dryer exhaust vent and exterior door trim

I drilled a 4 inch hole through the log wall in the mudroom for the dryer exhaust vent. This is tricky to do with a 4 inch hole saw when you have to go through about 13 inches of log; hoping you don't hit a lag screw that hold the logs together.

I also trimmed out the main floor exterior doors on the inside.

 

July, 2020 Basement access railing and Benches

There was a gap at the ends of the hand rails around the basement stair well where they met the landing. I decided to build two short rails to fill the gaps. The above are the rails I built, below they have been installed.

I had 3 extra 48 inch stair treads built for the stairs going from the main floor to the loft.  I made legs out of blue pine and created three benches. One went in the mud room, one in the loft bathroom, and one I cut to 36 inches and put in the main floor half bath.

 

June, 2020 Basement Ceiling

This week I finished installing the ceiling in the basement.

I installed a trap door to access the plumbing for the master bath tub and the master bath toilet.

September 2019 final project

This was my final project for 2019. I had to scribe in 2x6 and 2x4 studs, 16 inches on center to make a flat wall seven feet high in order to mount the kitchen cabinets. I sheeted the wall over with 1/2” sheet rock, after installing outlets, and plumbing the water line for the refrigerator. I’m having the cabinets built in Gold Creek Montana. They will be installed in November. I will have countertops installed next year.