Here are some photos that were taken in January. Margee's friend was up to NJ from FL, so of course she got the full tour. Sorry there aren't more photos but I will upload as I locate them. As you can see this is the house. It is weather tight and we even have the gutters, and very exciting...the Garage Doors. there was much a-do about them as I choose what I wanted in about 20 min. It was a big decision I didn't want to rush myself. However, in classic Shilay glory, Kenny was a bit harder with the decision. After at least 3 months...if a Shilay was telling this story it would have been 6 months of torturing me with how about this one, or that one, are you sure about the color, or the design what about the little windows do you think this or that. I finally told him that I didn't care that much...He ordered the ones I wanted from the start. I have to say they do look great. When they arrived the house was not stained and they did look like, well let's just say they really stood out. I was afraid that I had done a horrible thing. but after the stain and the brown gutters all was well with my choice. Do you agree?
You might be asking yourself what the heck is this stuff. Well I have a story about that too. I bet you couldn't have guessed that right?Well, Kenny asked me about what to do with the floor in the Garage. Yes the garage. As if that was high on my list of need to decide about. Well he was obsessed. So I looked at the Epoxy and was not impressed. I my humble opinion it was very good and ugly paint for the cement floor. Well he debated and deliberated and finally decided, thankfully not including me. Then he took a whole day off work and had Nick come to the house and help him "paint the garage floor". Well he was so excited that I thought he would burst. He wanted me to see. So after trying to delay it, I finally went to go, when he was in the driveway of the current house. I asked him why he was home and he said, "you just have to see this it is so cool" so I went. When he opened the door it took my breath away. How could one get so excited about a garage floor you might ask. And the photo doesn't do it justice. It is high gloss and it looks like granite. It is going to be the best looking floor ever in a garage.
Cute out house right? No, that is our outdoor wood boiler in action. That little baby will produce all the heat and hot water for our house all 3,000 square feet of it. Every day Kenny (yes Kenny) loads the boiler with about 6 huge logs. maybe 18"-24" round by 4' long. Once that is done, 24 hours later he repeats the same. This came online at the house for Thanksgiving. It keeps the house at a minimum of 65 degrees. Now we do have Radiant floor heating so it is a nice even heat throughout the house. Oh yeah that incredible garage floor is kept at 60 degrees. Yes it has radiant floor heating too! as will our walkways and driveway. Yippee no more shoveling snow. If you all want more information on the Wood boiler I can ask Kenny to do an entry.
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