Blower door tests and pumbing

My friend Sean came over to visit and take a look at the house.  He also happens to be a HERS rater.  This means that he analyzes house energy efficiency.  It just so happened that he had his testing equipment and offered to run the test for us. 

He explained that most houses had a score in the 3000's and he and his company can improve that score to about 2500.  (Lower is better)

When he ran the test it came back at 1300, one of the tightest, efficient, houses he has seen.  WOOT!

To read this chart follow the first line across the top (cfm at 50Pa) and you can see that we are well below the "tight" category.  It really seems that our research and hard work is paying off.  We are so excited.

In other news, Tim, our plumber finished today and everything is working great!

Well, we hope to have our CO this week, and move in next week.  Wow.

Thanks for reading!

details on tilework- cabinets being put in.

Here are some close-ups of the tile work in our house that Jason Burnett created.  In the first picture you can see the foyer layout (light colors with diamond accent) on the left moving to our kitchen blue gray slate.  In between is a beautiful transition piece.

In this second photo you can see the transition between our dining room (bottom) to our living room.  Jason developed a new pattern to break the sightlines.  He liked it so much he plans on using it in future work.

 In this last photo of tile you can see the staircase on the left and the transition of the foyer to the living room.  The work that Jason did, 1,100 square feet of tile, is outstanding.  We couldn't be more pleased with him.

We are starting to hang curtains!  It's beginning to feel like a home, not just a house!