The photobucket album has all the pictures. Above you can see the new floor from the entryway.
This is a dirty, noisy job. There are times when I envy Robbie because she gets to vacate the place for most of the day. I have to walk around the house with a mask to keep from choking on the dust.
Fairfax County caused some significant delays, some of them for good reasons, some not so good. The insulation on the rafters was inadequate (but it was much better than before), so they insisted on doubling it. That's the good part, although it created extra cost and a delay of several days.
Then, on a second inspection, they insisted that the dryer vent be insulated, "to prevent condensation". Okay, this is not hard. Dryer vents are never colder than their surroundings -- they are either at ambient or above. By the first law of thermodynamics, heat flows from the warmer to the colder region, so the vent will heat the air around it. When air is heated, it has more moisture-carrying capacity not less. Thus, water never condenses on the outside of your coffee cup, while it will condense on the outside of a glass of iced liquid. I guess this little bit of high school physics is too technical for the "expert" inspectors. I now have an insulated dryer vent. I guess if my dryer and my air conditioner ever get cross-connected, I won't have a buildup of condensation. Alas, I missed my opportunity to take a picture of this folly: it's enclosed beneath the new hardwood floor above.
The new cabinets have arrived, and we're happy with the color of the finish (cherry). We think it will look quite nice with the hardwood floor.
