Pace of working picking up steam

We jumped right into a flurry of activity upon returning from St. Louis for Thanksgiving. Jenni and I caught some kind of food poisoning or flu (likely with Jenni's little cousins being around) and were sick as dogs Saturday and Sunday after returning early enough to get a bunch of work done in the garage before the windows and siding were to be delivered. So, needless to say, the drywall in the garage is still sitting int he middle of the floor next to the windows and doors that are jammed into the garage.



But, all was not lost. After the windows, siding and dumpster were delivered, Marek (our contractor) re-hung the Laundry room door so I could start tiling the laundry room floor in advance of the new washer/dryer being delivered (cabinets were also delivered Monday). So, after laying the Ditra (see my previous post about the bathroom floor to learn about Ditra) on Monday night, we laid the floor last night. Voila:



The workers didn't waste any time either. In one day all the siding was gone and the house was covered in Tyvek. They even covered most of the windows, so it was a bit like living inside a paper bag, especially when the wind was blowing.



Yesterday we had the first 3 windows hung and the siding started going up on the front of the house! Take a look (click to see a bigger version):