The Ancon Group - Design, Renovations and Estate Management

Almost Finished

The moving day is behind us and now nothing left but the doing...

Less than 1/3 of the boxes that have been unpacked.  Staked over 10' tall in the garage.

Day Thirty-three

Friday Roll Call

Two Salvation Army 

One Screen tech

One Plumber

Two Glaziers

Three Flooring Installers

One Carpenter

Two Tile Setters

Two Shade Installers

No Painters

View of the chimney cap with stainless finish legs and the interior painting of the parapet wall.

View to the West on the roof.

We ain't afraid of color... The balance of the door hardware will be installed Monday.  The carpet layers take the doors off and we don't want the levers getting scratched or poking into the walls.

Bath 03 Sheet mirror.  Light will be installed on Monday.

View of the new tile and shower door in Bath 03

 

The flash caused the gold tinge to the photo.  It is antique pewter finish.

Finished Bar (sans one pull)

The shades were installed today.  Here they are in the Game Room with the TV to the right.

Master Bedroom shades are very discreet.

Master Bath light and flooring.

View down the stairs to one of the flooring installers.  After they installed the shoe mould on the bottoms of the cabinets, they spent hours rubbing over each inch of the floor checking for any scratches and glue.  They also put two additional coats of finish on the customer steps and bullnosing.

 

There are really three of them but for some reason they all wore red shirts today (and not on purpose).

The screen installer came and measured for the screen door between the kitchen and the garage.  

Since Susan will be seeing the house on Monday night, I will do (probably) only two more posts.  One when the carpet is in and the other when all is complete.

Have a great Father's Day!

Day Thirty-two

Day Thirty-one was an short on for me.  Moisture barrier was put down so I was not able to move around the house.

Today's Roll Call:

Television Delivery

Appliance Delivery

Missing Light Fixture Part Delivery

One Trim Carpenter

Two Painters

Two Flooring Installers

One Electrician

Two Plumbers

Two Glaziers

More of the cabinet hardware was installed today.

There was a discussion about the drawer pull/sink cabinet question.  I didn't really want to put one there because it is not a drawer.  But others think it looks strange.  Your thoughts?

Baseboards will installed and had another coat of paint applied in the finished flooring areas.  The base had been primed and had received one coat of enamel prior to today.  You can see the red paper that is being used to protect the new Maple flooring.

If the saw isn't running the back-mounted vacuum cleaner is.

The upper section of handrail was installed today.  The lower half will be done on Friday.  The old brass mountings have been replaced with chrome.

Bath 03 Shower door has been installed.  Mirrors for that bath on Friday.

The Master Bath door was also installed and can now be opened without hitting the toilet.

The plumbers came to adjust the lav trim in Bath 03.  It had been installed at 45 degrees to the sink.  I believe that was their interpretation of my instruction to 'shape the escutcheons to the bowl'.  They are now correct.

They also replace the hot water valve in the Powder Room as well as both shut off valves under the sink.  Both had slow drips.

The Master Bedroom now has clean windows and shade from the Wendy's windows above.

Lots of appliances are now ready for installation.

Your's truly assisted with the install of the 58" television.  Lots of measuring.

 

It is now installed and waiting to be unveiled.  The blu-ray player and home theater system will be purchased this weekend for installation on Monday AM.  Time to look for a short media center to place below the television?  Contemporary maple or something rustic?

The wood floor installers have been at it all day.  The custom steps look fantastic.  Both are now complete.

The existing stone looks pretty good in the new scheme.

And last but certainly not least for today:

The Chimney Cap

Screen doors, paint and more on Friday.

Day Thirty

Lots of activity today.

Roll Call

Two Tile Setters

Three Painters

One Carpenter

Three Wood Flooring Installers

Two HVAC Technicians

Two Charter Communications Techs

Installation of the new programmable thermostat was done today.  We also started up the heat and air to confirm proper operation.  After they were approved, we turned them back off.

Towel bars and paper holders were installed in the Bathrooms

The tile setters had a grout party.

 

The new door knobs were fitted.  

The painters have been busy outside today.

The inside of the Wendy's glass in the Master Bedroom has been completed and they began on the outside today.  The primer is seen below.  It will be painted with a color coat as well.

The blue bollard is now yellow to match the handrailing.  Yellow primer is seen below.

The Maple flooring continues into the Kitchen.  

The Living Room floor has now been covered to protect it from any dust or scratches.

The custom step into the Living Room has been completed and the one into the Kitchen has begun.

More of the same due on Wednesday.  Our next big push is Thursday with shower glass, mirrors, plumbing trim out, appliance delivery and more.