I have not really had time to post over the last 6 weeks on the home since the framing was completed plus Laurie and I got Married on Sept 6th and went to my uncles condo in Cozumel for a week. Im actually writing from there now as our return was delayed 4 days due to hurricane IKE closing Houston IAH airport.
I will also post the pictures later this week.
The last 6 weeks the guts of the home went in. Plumbing and sewer lines from top to bottom, All the electrical and security. I installed all the multimedia plus chases for future needs.
After Gallaway plumbing connected the Geo-Supply water lines from the well, Shane and I ran temporary power into each of the Waterfurnace units and were able test the A/C and air pressure for each room. The temp difference from the return and supply was 18degrees on unit 1 and 28degrees on unit 2. Im very happy so far. We did upgrade one unit before we ordered it so we have dual 5 ton into 5 zones total but might change that to 6 once we test after the Sheetrock is completed and we test again.
The water reclamation went in a week ago consisting of 3 tanks. Stan Rollins was concerned with moving the new tanks off the truck down our side slopes into the backyard so he used 3 smaller tanks vs 2 large. We have 2 750Gal and 1 500Gal totaling 2000Gallons all connected together with a 4″ line at the bottom. The Geo-waste water and the rainwater lines are also connected at the top of the 1st tank and any overflow will rise to a higher 4″ line and travel down the backyard underground to the creek behind us. All tanks have a sealed porthole on top so irrigation pumps or cleaning can be accessed at a later date.
Last week Comfort Insulation spent about 4 days installing the foam insulation on the outside walls and some ceilings. All of the walls have about 4″-5″ which should be about an R14-R17 just in foam. Ceilings (floor of attic) will also be foamed then an addtl 18″ of blown fiberglass will be put on top giving us close to R45 to R50 Air Tight!! Air leaks are what kills most of a homes heating and cooling energy needs.
Sheetrock is almost completed at this point. Once that is done our walkout basement floor will be stained then cabinets and trim work will start.
Outside were about to have a stone wall installed to hold up the earth where the pool will be and brick should be starting very soon as the 1st 20 of 100+ pallets were delivered.
