One of our members (Vealmonkey) had a fire!, update MOVED BACK IN!!!

[Vealmonkey]

Met 2 buddys' for dinner tonight and at a a joint right down the street from my house. After dinner we stopped by the house cause my buddies ain't seen it in a while. Noticed about half the interior insulation is in. Should be finished by Monday, then insulation inspection. They should start stocking up drywall and start getting that put up as well. Then finishing, priming and painting and hopefully outsdide insulation and siding and porch vinyl as well. Once the siding is on then it will really look like a house again. It can't be done soon enough. I think my neighbors have been celebrating the release of the taliban fighters.

[Vealmonkey]

Insulaton all inspected and drywall was going up yesterday. Should start spackling and taping today or tomorrow. Was told I would be moving in around the middle of next month. Oh boy.

[blue27]

This is GREAT to hear!!!

[the great gazoo]

Very cool news, Pat! Let me know when I can start moving my bikes into your basement, hehe. Just kidding.

[Vealmonkey]

Went by the house today, of course. First coat of mud and tape up all over. I expect all that to be done next week and at the very least all in primer. I can't believe how nice it looks just in mud and tape. What a major change. I'm really looking forward to moving back in. Can't wait to see the house all in siding too.

[6speedthumper]

This is great to hear!! I will admit, I have not kept up with this, but am super happy for you!

[the great gazoo]

A little update for everyone- Pat and I had the same day off(Tuesday)so we got together and we went over to his house to see how it's looking.
Here's some photos.
Lots more room in the basement with that pillar removed, hopefully they will finish it with drywall. He is very excited to get it completed so he can move back in!
I want to say thanks a million to Bruce, Timmy, Mike and Lou for swooping in and getting all of what was left out of the house, I was out of town when the fire happened, otherwise I would have been there to help.

[Vealmonkey]

Brian, thanks for posting these pics. Darn low speed phone lines won't let me post my pics. Anyways, they started hanging siding today as well. Can hardly wait to move back in. This townhouse really sucks. And my AC just took a dump. Go figure. LOL

[sh68cobra]

It's nice that they are getting finished

[the great gazoo]

I was going to mention the townhouse, but I figured you'd chime in with your thoughts, hehe.

[Vealmonkey]

My A/C went up in the townhouse. My friend Darrin replaced the electric fan and the Capacitor as well. Replacement fan was five wire and original fan was 3 wire. Blew out the townhouse main circuit breaker at first. LOL Old A/C unit had a faded out wiring diargram, so had to get a readable wiring diagram. He stopped by on his lunch break and finished rewiring it. I tested it out when I got home from the Doctors. All was well. Always something. LOL Luckily last night was a cool night.

[the great gazoo]

Yup, always something. I'm glad to hear you're not miserable trying to sleep in the heat, there's nothing worse than trying to sleep when it's hot.

[Vealmonkey]

Looks like all the siding is up as well as the facia aluminum. Sure looks alot different now. They still have to put up the shutters. They also have put the vinyl on the front porch floor. Now they need to get up all the hand rails. They still have to prime and paint the walls and start putting in all the tile. Bathtub is place, but no toilet or sink or cabinets or appliances yet, but soon. Can't wait to get back home. I will probably have to get rid of the concrete front steps and get new more me-friendly wooden steps. My front steps are only 3 steps, but they are kind of tall/steep for me. Can hardly wait to get Fios high speed internet and cable back as well.

[Daddio]

It's good to hear that you're gonna be getting "home" again soon.

[Vealmonkey]

It's been too long. Hope you had a good time at trike fest.