We have heat!

The gypcrete is in and the heat is on. Time to pay for two gas bills now! An inch and a half of gypcrete covers the PEX tubing and the wooden sleepers. The house was quite humid for a few days after the gypcrete was poured. We opened the windows and turned on the heat to help dry the gypcrete. The house sure feels much warmer now!

Here's the utility room downstairs in the garage. You can see the wall-mount boiler and the hot water heater. You'll have to ask Andy for more details than that! 

 

All of the kitchen and bathroom cabinets have been delivered and are ready to install. Just need the gypcrete to cure and the walls to be painted!

One project we attempted this weekend was to install the fireplace panels. The unit comes with 4 pre-grouted fire brick panels. Andy was hard at work reading the directions. Unfortunately one of the panels had a crack in it, so we have to have it replaced before we can finish the installation. We did pick out a large piece of juniper wood for the mantle...will look neat when it's all sanded!