Forging ahead

Completed window in mud room.  Attic hatch at top of picture.  Very muddy for Jan. 2 but not complaining.  Still don't have a driveway snow clearing plan.  Sides are drywall and sill is 3/4" Maple plywood protruding 1" with door jam (thanks for the idea Andrew) under sill.

Wind turbine goes up (yesterday)

Drywall mudding is complete down stairs (except for a few spots around the stairs that got dry walled after stairs went in).  Stairs (no railing yet) went in last Friday (forgot to post and take pictures).

Will add some pics (hopefully tonight).  Kitchen cabinets may go in today (nope, not until next week).

A bunch of catch up photos (pretty random order as is a pain to move them around):

Finally an update

Some of the not so good news....

I am stiiiiiiilllll waiting for the two south doors (it is over 3 months now since we gave them our deposit), the garden (French) and the balcony door, therefore the shingling is in fact not really completed as I will have to complete around the doors after they are installed.

The driveway is not completed.  I have been bugging the earth mover all summer to get it done.  He came last week and did a day and a half's work and then it poured creating a giant mud bog and then he went to Florida for Holidays.  I wish he had just told me he was not going to be able to get to it until late but spilt milk now.

Still siding, Plumbing, Electrical and Ducting roughed in

As the title says the siding is still ongoing.  Takes a long time to put on cedar shingles.  Have to go through the house and patch all the holes from the completed rough in of plumbing, electrical and ducting and any other areas (e.g., breaks in sole plates) before the insulation can start.

Still missing the front door, garden door and balcony door.  They are supposed to be all here next week so it will then (finally) be weather and lock tight  (fingers crossed).

Siding

Here are a few pictures of the Fraser eastern white cedar shingles.

They are rebutted and re-squared with two coats of Cabot factory applied solid stain (dark grey).

Unfortunately almost all of the boxes were packed before dry and are sticking together and when separated the paint often comes off in areas.  They are replacing 60% of the shingles as  ~ 40% is already installed and supplying the paint to repaint what is on and offering some yet to be determined compensation.  I am going to ask them to keep enough of the bad shingles to do a 16'X24' shed.  They were quite helpful but still a huge pain.