Tom Knobloch's Blog

We left our house in Wells tonight and it was windy. The entire drive up was windy. When we got to the house, it was a hurricane without the rain (it was -7 degrees). There were roof shingles everywhere. Over the master bedroom, the shingles were flapping very loudly.
It was a long, long night.
To top it all off, one section of flooring had no hot water running through it. A quick check showed 0 pressure going through that zone. It took all night to thaw it out (and a little help from pulling back the insulation and a hair dryer. I think this happened because the drastic drop in temperature and the high winds. Since the heat didn’t need to kick on for so long there wasn’t any water flow and the wind got under the sheathing and froze enough of a section to stop the flow when the heat finally turned on. I guess more insulation (now R25) and some caulking will fix it from happening again.

We had our first company in the completed house! My parents and Denise’s parents along with Denise’s sister and family.
Everyone was up to celebrate the kids turning 5 and aside from all the snoring, it was a great weekend.
I also got 1 garage door opener up and I feel like a king now. It has battery backup, a keypad on the outside to let you in if needed and a motion detection lighting system for the inside. Very cool and it will sure makes bringing the kids into house a lot easier Friday nights.

Started hanging things on the walls this long weekend – pictures, toilet paper dispensers, shower curtains and hooks. Also attempted to put in a garage door opener but quickly realized I needed an 2 extensions because the door is a little taller than normal. Maybe I’ll get it by next weekend – it would be a crowning moment getting to just press a button and drive right into the garage instead of running into the house, opening the garage door, driving in and then carrying the sleeping kids up to their beds every Friday night.

Jack hitting the bumps on poleline

We spent most of this weekend skiing despite the brutally cold weather. We also spent a lot of time shuffling the kids back and forth from Bubblecuffers – not sure how long it’s going to take to get a good routine in place but we’re not there yet.

It’s hard to believe but we’re finally starting to move things in (and not just to the basement!).
We were up for vacation week and got the appliances delivered and started cleaning from top to bottom.
Spent most of the week skiing and cleaning so we didn’t get all the little items done that we had hoped but we still feel good about where we are now. The hope is to have the occupancy permit this week.