Thursday and Friday of Week Twoor Mad Props and Much Love to Shawn

Insulation started on Thursday as scheduled, with one hitch. Early Thursday morning Graham called Krista and told her that he had just found out from the insulation guy that everyone, pets included, had to be out of the house while the spray foam insulation was being applied, and for a couple of hours afterwards. With most families this isn't an issue, but with our wacky schedules (Krista works from home mornings and doesn't leave to teach until 2:00 at the earliest, and I get home from work at about noon) one of us is here all the time.

"Not a big deal," I told Krista "we'll just crash at Murphy's place, and I know code for his garage." So I called Murph, and told him our situation. He groaned, and said he didn't think it would work. I thought he was joking, Murphy is always willing to lend a hand, and has helped us out often. The problem is that he wasn't even staying at his place because he was in the midst of painting and ALL of the furniture was pulled to the centers of the rooms. Now we have a problem. Just about everyone else I could think of would be working, or would have a pet compatibility issue. I called Shawn at work thinking that it would be easiest to get a key from from him. No answer. I tried his cell figuring he was out of town (he travels quite a bit for work) but hoping that he had a hidden key somewhere. He happened to be doing some work from home. Saved. Krista packed up some things and headed over.


When I got home Thursday night I ventured up into the attic to take a look and was troubled by what I saw. In some spots the insulation was the full thickness of the rafters and studs, but in others it barely cover, and in some I could even still see the roof deck. I called Graham, and he said he was just about to call me, the insulation guy had been having trouble with the applicator gun, and would need to come back on Friday. Shawn was gracious enough to let us crash at his place again.


Friday the insulation crew started out adding loose-fill cellulose behind the knee walls.


After that was completed they finished with the spray foam.


It was a bit of an inconvenience, but compared to the horror stories I have heard about construction projects taking up to three times as long as promised I have been quite satisfied so far and we are on schedule for the most part.