Insulation! (And an inspection report)

After a few days of nothing happening, things have once again picked up.

We had our house inspected yesterday by the private inspector we hired. Of course, we didn't know that the inspection had actually occurred until this morning, when we got up and Emilie checked her e-mail. We had been hoping to attend the inspection, so we could walk through the house with the inspector and learn a little bit about what he was looking for. But, alas, the inspector apparently forget to let us know when he was doing the inspection. The inspection only noted a few minor issues like a hole in the styrofoam insulation that needed to be taped, a missing vertical wall stud that needed to be replaced, and some Simpson header and rafter ties that needed to be installed in the office. No, I didn't have any idea what a Simpson tie was until I went by the homesite this evening (see the silver T-shaped brackets where the wall meets the ceiling on the right)...


But perhaps even more exciting than our inspection report was what we saw when we went by the house tonight. They've installed our insulation!


Now it is really starting to feel like our house is coming together. I do mean feel, because it sure was a lot warmer in the house this evening since all of the insulation has been installed. They also have all of our sheet rock in the house and ready to be installed.

The next step is for our "pre-drywall" meeting with Steve, the project supervisor for Beazer. He will walk us (well, Emilie, because I will probably be at work) through the house and show us everything that has been done. We will also verify that all of our construction options and that type of stuff that we selected at the Design Studio have been put in place. From looking around, it looks they've done everything they are supposed to, except for installing the second external faucet on the other side of the house.