Insulation Prologue

The insulators show up tomorrow morning. By implication that means (a) we've gotten stamped responses from the structural engineer to the inspector's notes *and* (b) clearance from the inspector to insulate (as long as he can see the framing corrections.)

After last week's foot of snowfall, this is what's left:

Katie and I spent the evening getting the cabin ready for the insulators

• Moved the stair stringer glulams to floor and removed the temp wall brackets.
• Finished installing conduit for Internet cable that extends from exterior to laundry room.
• Installed blocking for kitchen cabinets.
• Cleared access to walls including the woodpile in garage.
• Installed the plumbing cleanouts caps in basement cleanouts.
• Install 4-gang power box in utility for Internet.
• Framed cleanouts in basement for access door.
• Installed studor vents and covered to protect.
• Measured rough opening for all doors including jamb width & confirm L/R-hand for door order.

All the water pipes are insulated throughout the cabin.

All the Ethernet cables on the left. The conduit for the Internet

provider's cabling on the right extends to the building's exterior.

Katie insulating water pipes in the upstairs bathroom. 

Katie insulating water pipes in the kitchen.

I redid the water shutoff in 1" PEX. The brass is gone.

Crush blocks installed in the laundry room. 

Norm and his boys will also be up at KnArrow Haus tomorrow making the engineer-approved corrections. I'm targeting early next week for inspector sign-off on the framing and the insulation, which will mark a significant milestone, moving on to finish work (floors, doors, drywall, tile, etc.)