Moving in at the new house
Jul. 4th, 2009 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
professionalhenchmanSo, I suppose that it's time to mention that our new place is available to show to people now. This week we had the heating and AC replaced with the more energy efficient models, and the attic insulation enhanced to the current suggested standard. Next week, the weatherization gets done (where they seal all the cracks and crevices in the place), the windows get replaced, and the wood floor starts to go in. The floor's supposed to be done by the following week, so we're likely to try and do the major moving on Sunday the 19th (Since Saturday's the Pryankster Party).
This weekend has so far involved moving a few loads of stuff that can go in the garage, as well as some minor tinkering around the new place. I replaced all the dimmer switches in the house with standard light switches, since we like compact flourescents, and they don't do well on dimmers. I also added GFCI protection to the kitchen, which was lacking. I'm underwhelmed by whoever wired the dimmers in the first place, as two of them had ground wires which hadn't been connected, even though all that needed to be done was to connect the ground wire to the bare ground wire already in the box. Oh well. I'm glad that we left ourselves a budget for odds & ends as a few trips to the hardware store add up quickly.
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temperance14 was kind enough to come out yesterday afternoon and provide the use of her SUV to pick up a futon at IKEA, which will replace the couch of doom as seating & overnight guest space in the new place. We also got a more energy-efficient cat door for Arabia, as the one left in the place is sized for a dog. This weekend, I need to get that installed, so the weatherization people can fix any air leaks I miss when I'm sealing it. May as well take full advantage of the services we're paying for. We attempted and failed to fit a recliner loveseat which was a free-from-the-curbside find into her vehicle, so it was left at ailurodragon's place until we get the use of a bigger vehicle.
Yesterday, we also discovered that getting a gas range is not happening soon - the estimate to run the line for it is $5800, as they'd have to run a new line from the meter since the existing piping is of insufficient diameter to connect another major appliance. I didn't think to ask whether we'd be able to do without the new line if we replaced the hot water heater with one or two on demand units, but that's more of an upgrade than we'd be likely to try and do now anyway.
This weekend has so far involved moving a few loads of stuff that can go in the garage, as well as some minor tinkering around the new place. I replaced all the dimmer switches in the house with standard light switches, since we like compact flourescents, and they don't do well on dimmers. I also added GFCI protection to the kitchen, which was lacking. I'm underwhelmed by whoever wired the dimmers in the first place, as two of them had ground wires which hadn't been connected, even though all that needed to be done was to connect the ground wire to the bare ground wire already in the box. Oh well. I'm glad that we left ourselves a budget for odds & ends as a few trips to the hardware store add up quickly.
temperance14 was kind enough to come out yesterday afternoon and provide the use of her SUV to pick up a futon at IKEA, which will replace the couch of doom as seating & overnight guest space in the new place. We also got a more energy-efficient cat door for Arabia, as the one left in the place is sized for a dog. This weekend, I need to get that installed, so the weatherization people can fix any air leaks I miss when I'm sealing it. May as well take full advantage of the services we're paying for. We attempted and failed to fit a recliner loveseat which was a free-from-the-curbside find into her vehicle, so it was left at ailurodragon's place until we get the use of a bigger vehicle.Yesterday, we also discovered that getting a gas range is not happening soon - the estimate to run the line for it is $5800, as they'd have to run a new line from the meter since the existing piping is of insufficient diameter to connect another major appliance. I didn't think to ask whether we'd be able to do without the new line if we replaced the hot water heater with one or two on demand units, but that's more of an upgrade than we'd be likely to try and do now anyway.
