Yesterday, Scott finished drywalling and wiring my closet. He finished the cabinet in the upstairs bathroom, and he installed a new casement window in the kitchen to the right of the door. Finally, he wired up a new overhead light to illuminate the area in front of the closet and bathroom.

We were debating where we could some more closets. We decided one made sense to the left of the upstairs bathroom. That will be mine. Scott will have a smaller closet in a space that already exists on the wall opposite. He will also make some built-in drawers in the wall to the right of the bathroom. 

Today he framed in the closet and did the wiring.

Three days at the river house, and Scott has wired the bathroom, put up drywall, taped it, and cleared out the area where the water heater and pump used to be. He is going to make it into a closet with a built-in cabinet. He also tried to install the vanity I bought but discovered it was the wrong one, so he took it back to the store. 

He likes taking photos of the river and sunsets. Here's one from each of the last two nights he was there.

Scott has worked for three days straight at the house and gotten a lot done. He's torn out the six old windows on the sides of the sunroom and the window above the sink in the kitchen. And he's installed the six new windows in the sunroom and a new one in the kitchen.

Here's the kitchen.

Scott and Thomas put the doors in today.

Scott framed it in yesterday.

From the outside.

Evolution to this point.

Before and after to this point

While our son is home for Christmas, he helped Scott move the big sliding doors and all the windows from our garage to the river house. Today, Scott started on the sliding doors by taking out the three windows at the back of the house and demolishing the wall.

He discovered a bit of rot, so there will be a little more rebuilding than planned. 

It will take another day to reframe, and then the day after he and my son can install the doors. So he put up a tarp for the evening to protect the interior.

Scott started on the upstairs bathroom. He took out a window that would have been inside the bathroom, put up plywood, and framed in the walls.

Scott finished his fall season and headed out to work on the river house. He first worked by himself for two days and then he and Frank worked for three, and now the plumbing is connected and the house has running water!

In the first two days, Scott finished the pump house (except the siding)—installing a platform for the pump, drywalling, and painting. He also bought and set in a new water heater. Then he moved the pump from the second floor to the pump house. He had to move some plumbing to accommodate the pump's new location, and he ran electricity out and installed a light and 110 and 220 outlets. ​

Ruth and I went out and cleaned up the garage. Then we broke down some 2x4s and started a fire with those we couldn't get the nails and staples out of. While she was tending the fire, I disassembled the fireplace housing in the sunroon.

Befores and After
the last picture is photoshopped to get a better idea of what the space will look like once all the remnants of the old fireplace are gone.

Scott is building a new house in which to place the water pump and the water heater.

Update 11/10/2024: Scott shingled it and put Tyvek on it. ​

Update 11/14/2024: Scott put the door on and built some concrete pillars around the wood support posts.