Porch Renovation 17
On Saturday, January 14, the foam sprayers worked from 9:00 AM- 1:15 PM to coat most of the cottage with closed cell insulation. They would come back on Tuesday to fill-in a few missed spots.
The delivery of the powder room fixtures was pushed to the 24th, as the garage space is needed for the drywall delivery. They were both due on Tuesday, but Dave phoned Lowe’s to wait. After all, they can’t install the bathroom things until after the walls are up, which is after the floor tiles are installed.
On Monday, I had the pleasure of John’s company, because it was Martin Luther King Day 
and there was no school. Tyler was at a friend’s home for the day. Tuesday’s pleasure was having CJ for the whole day. Unfortunately, he had a fever and was rather limp. He wanted to be held all day and, well, someone had to do it. I loved every minute of it (except, of course, that he was sick). Tuesday evening, Marion, Joe, Tyler, John, with Nicki and Paul Tiffany came over for a birthday dinner in honor of CJ’s first birthday. He really would have rathered been napping than all the hub-bub of opening birthday presents.
When the Architect came for a visit on Thursday, he was not a happy camper. The sprayed on insulation does not fill the cavity between the 2”x6” studs. He says the empty cavity will enable moisture to leak into it from the room and, in time, form mold and mildew. The research that Dave and the Builder did, does not support this, so we’ve gone ahead with the high-R board and wall board installation.
The wall board crew have left quite a mess and need to return to finish the garage walls. Hopefully, they will then ‘broom clean’ their mess.
Having the wall board up really makes it look like a real room, albeit, a smaller room.