So it may not be the most exciting thing in the world to see insulation stuffed into walls, but that is what you're mostly going to see in this post. Above is the new kitchen and the walls have been insulated.
Here's the sunroom with insulation
This is the door into the front hall closet ---- it has been downsized to fit the smaller opening.
This shows two doors into the laundry closet at the top of the staircase. Josh used hardware that came off shutters.
This is a NEW door they built using the purchased rough-sawn wood, but done in the style of the old doors ---- note the horizontal pieces top and bottom done with old wood, plus again the hardware from a shutter. This door goes from BR#2 into the new bathroom.
Back to insulation. This is the closet for BR#2 ---- the flying squirrels and mice won't know what happened!!!! These closets are going to be COZY!!!! Drywall to follow pretty soon!
And finally, here's today's view of the exterior --- most all the battens have been done, except around where the door will be ---- it is past due for arrival and installation. I love how they used old wood and re-installed the old vent above the windows in the addition, and I love the dappled light in the afternoon.
So it may not be the most exciting thing in the world to see insulation stuffed into walls, but that is what you're mostly going to see in this post. Above is the new kitchen and the walls have been insulated.
Here's the sunroom with insulation 
This is the door into the front hall closet ---- it has been downsized to fit the smaller opening.
This shows two doors into the laundry closet at the top of the staircase. Josh used hardware that came off shutters.
This is a NEW door they built using the purchased rough-sawn wood, but done in the style of the old doors ---- note the horizontal pieces top and bottom done with old wood, plus again the hardware from a shutter. This door goes from BR#2 into the new bathroom.
Back to insulation. This is the closet for BR#2 ---- the flying squirrels and mice won't know what happened!!!! These closets are going to be COZY!!!! Drywall to follow pretty soon!
And finally, here's today's view of the exterior --- most all the battens have been done, except around where the door will be ---- it is past due for arrival and installation. I love how they used old wood and re-installed the old vent above the windows in the addition, and I love the dappled light in the afternoon. 
Leigh,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your house is going to have soffit and ridge venting to keep the attic spaces ventilated. My question is about the picture of the closet above. At the end of that closet is a knee wall (a knee wall is like the cut off end of a right angle triangle." By current standards that knee wall should have some kind of solid surface on the attic side of the wall. That can be accomplished by using encapsulated insulation (usually wrapped in breathable plastic) or by putting wood (OSB or plywood) on the attic side of the wall. The reason why this is important is that the airflow from the soffit on the underside of the eaves passes by that wall and infiltrates the insulation. That cools the wall (or heats the wall) making the closet cold or hot depending on season.
If this is the only knee wall you have it's not that big of a deal. However I'll bet there are more. Ask the builder.
If, however, the attic will only be ventilated by the ridge vents and gable vents (like the re-used vent in the picture above) then you can ignore the prior post.
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