2019 Season Wrap-up

This was the year of the new cottage construction on Southaven. I'll have memories and stories to tell for a lifetime getting this project off the ground (literally). Thanks to everyone who helped make this dream possible for me and the family.

We did get that full house HVAC completed on 11/22/19. Just in the nick of time.

Here is the outside of this beautiful baby as of 11/24/19.

Last photo of 2019. Interior is all set to be finished in Spring of 2020.

Stay tuned!

Plumbing rough-in approved

Not a super exciting weekend. I did get the plumbing inspection approved by Erie County.

I also worked on hard piping in the sump pipe. Unfortunately, the pump I was using had finally died. So I'll bring up a new one for next weekend and wrap-it up.

I don't have any photos of this but we did get Hancock Wood to permanently hook up electric service. This is great and a big step. I was able to finally remove the temp service pole and extension cords from the yard. 

Electric for now

This weekend, Derek and Joe came up to finish electrical in the garage and crawlspace. Plus they got the panel ready for a few receptacles and the rest to be shut off until next season. 

Here is a photo of the upstairs current state. Looks solid for now.

HVAC install started

This week Tin Man Heating & Cooling (AIR-EEZ) started the whole house HVAC install. Hard to tell from the photo below, but this is a massive Carrier unit!

I started to frame out the bar for the party garage as well as mount the speakers for tunes.

Crawlspace door

I built out the crawlspace door from pressure treated deck wood complete with some stylish black hardware to dress it up.

This is a the septic leach field repair job completed by Big Tim and Winston after the inadvertent breach last weekend by the trenching job. 

Neil and Soph came up for the family Halloween festivities this weekend. These photos were taking while waiting for the ferry at sunset.

Ditch Witch

This weekend we rented a massive trencher (Ditch Witch) to dig all the infrastructure runs for:

1. Electric (3 inch conduit)
2. Water (3/4 direct burial PEX)
3. Septic (3 inch PVC)
4. Gutter (4 inch drain) 

We finished tasks 1-3. The gutter drains will be deferred until 2020.

Water line

Tim - Ditch King

Wrapping up September with the Family Cruise!

No activity on the new house for two due to the whole family going on an epic Carnival Cruise to the Western Caribbean!

Electric Panel

Derek and Joe came to the island to do some electrical work and finally got the panel wired up.

Electric Meter

Not exciting to look at but we wrestled the main electric wire(s) in the outside meter box all the way to the panel in the utility room.

Bash at the Bay - KID ROCK

This year the "Bash at the Bay" featured Kid Rock on Thurday night to kick-off Labor Day Weekend 2019 at Put In Bay

We had an amazing time with amazing friends!

August wrap-up

Big load from Olmsted Twp all the way to the island

Got the tub roughed in

Pex manifold

I finished up the initial pex setup this weekend.

Framing and siding complete!

After about a six week delay, Tom and his crew were able to make it to the island for a day to finish the siding and trim. Also, we decided to add two windows to the kitchen.

Big Tom and crew

Cutting the framing, sheathing and siding for the windows rough-in

Inside kitchen view - so much more natural light!

View from back to show new kitchen windows

Here is the outside front view finally finished!

Tom, Dennis and crew

Garage door

Sometimes it's the little things...

Garage door finally installed

Plumbing and insulation started

Not super exiting, but progress continues...

Insulation loaded - ready to roll to island

My girl!

Pex runs in the ceiling

More pex runs

Manabloc progress