The Wait Is Over

We have been waiting and waiting and waiting and now the wait is over. We have a walkway from the Residence to the garage and the West Wing.

This is one of the "Have to wait for the garage to be finished" projects. No more walking outside all the way around the buildings  to go from one to the other. No more dashing from one to the other in the rain, wind or snow. We are going to be so spoiled. I shouldn't complain but when you have to go out the front of the Residence, walk around the West Wing, down the drive to the dumpster with trash in your hands; it is a pain. Or out the back door through the wet grass down the drive to the dumpster. Now we just go through the Residence, the garage, the drive and we are there. No matter what; taking the trash out is still a hike but much better now.

 The metal skin is down and the measurements are started.

 Cutting into the insulation.

 Measure twice cut once.

 This is the power coming into the Residence. This box determined where the doors and wall had to go. We would have preferred everything down 18 inches but we didn't want to move the electrical service.

 Insulation down and the grinder starts its work. Now I will move that insulation into the garage walls.

 Lots of sparks. Good thing metal and insulation burn at high temperatures.

A partial opening and the excitement is building!

The hallway is open!!!!!

  Bill is standing in the kitchen and I am in the hall leading out to the garage. This short hall has our coat closet and the doors into the cleaning closet and the pantry.

Here it is from the kitchen looking into the hallway. 

Rain is in the forecast starting tomorrow for a couple of days and if the garage roof doesn't leak we can start sheet rocking the hall and the rooms off of it.After the Labor Day weekend t hough, we are going to the lake and veg out for three days.

Once we have sheet rocked and painted and put up shelving and flooring one more project will be finished. At that point I can get more boxes unpacked and my stuff will be where I can get to it. All my not used everyday kitchen and dining paraphernalia will go into the pantry for now.