Late in the day, we got an email from Tyler. He believes he has been successful in determining how to put the Xpelair fan in the 36" sunroom cupola. In the email, he included a drawing detail. It is the best news we have heard in a LONG time. We are very happy. The cupola manufacturer is going to make the cupola just a bit larger so that this is some room for error. Tyler also talked with the fan distributor and they came up with an air intake louver/damper which will be wired to the same switch as the fan and open when the fan comes on. This will prevent a vacuum being pulled on the sunroom if all the doors and windows are closed. Tyler suggested putting this louver/damper in the east gable wall. I responded that I did not think we could do that because it would necessitate cutting out one of the truss members. They actually included a quote for the louver/damper assembly, but not one for the fan.
We also got from Mike the quote from "Concrete" Mike on pouring the garage approach apron and the east slab. To my amazement, it was not that much less than what Bob had quoted for the exposed aggregate. I sent a note to Bob saying we would go with their proposal and he should contact Mike to schedule.
No work was performed today (Thursday), but it was a very fruitful one indeed.
Before heading out this morning, we had our security company drop by to discuss enhancements to our security monitoring due to the project. They are putting together some options for us to consider, including surveillance cameras.
We also had a phone chat with Tyler. We discussed several things, but what came out of it was that Tyler is going to have the Xpelair fan distributor put together a detailed quote for us so that we can order the fan and accessories needed. We also discussed placement of the air intake louver. This louver/damper is not a small item. It is 18"x 18"x 12", i.e., the size of a small window. T and I had identified three places which could accommodate this device. The one we liked the most was above the east window on the connecting porch. This is essentially "dead" area. When we talked with Tyler, he and Mike had talked about putting it under the eave above the east French doors (this was one of the other options T and I had considered). After discussing it, we opted to go with our first choice. There were some design issues which Tyler said he would look into. I also requested that Tyler talk with Mike to ensure that Tyler's assumption that the electrician would install the fan and louver was correct. I also put Tyler on notice that, after visiting Bobby the day before, we were not comfortable with the original design of the fireplace vent stack. While Tyler tried to assure us it would look fine, we told him we were considering alternatives. One of these was to not have a roof stack at all, but instead a wall mounted vent on either the east gable or the brick chimney. Short of this, we would have to camouflage the roof vent somehow. Tyler did not like the wall mounted vent idea, but I told him we were going to look into it. This evening, I sent Bobby a note asking him about his opinion of the wall mounted vent and spacing requirements.
After talking with Tyler, T and I went over to the Overhead Door dealership and selected our three garage doors. We spoke with Michael. A nice young kid who seemed to know his product line. The doors are 10' wide and 8' tall. We selected their Thermacore collection (sandwich construction of steel-polyurethane-steel), Model 194 V5 in a Terra Bronze. No windows in the door. Michael is putting together the quote and will call us tomorrow. This will include a opener for each door. We opted to go with a trackless, wall mounted Liftmaster opener with a battery backup. At least that is what he is going to quote us. We may change our minds once we get the quote. Michael said the doors would be delivered in six weeks, putting it toward the end of May. The Overhead Door company will install them
We then went to one of the plumbing fixture supply houses to try to narrow down our choices for the bar sink and faucet. Yesterday we visited a different one and really liked a 15" square sink made by Rohl (Italian). It was a copperized stainless steel. Today we found out why we liked it so much. It is REALLY expensive. We could buy two garage doors for the same price. We found another sink made by Kohler which is enameled cast iron, in any one of 20 colors, which costs about 1/5 as much as the beautiful Rohl sink. T is still considering.
While out and about, Mike called to give us the dimensional information so that we can order the stone for the interior chimney breast (86 sqft and 38 feet of corners) and the sunroom floor tile (440 sq ft and 8 feet of bullnose for the hearth). I have notified Ryan for the stone and tomorrow, we will go to our tile store and talk with David.
Mike also said that he talked with Rick (solar installation guy) and gave him the OK to begin installation of the garage solar panels on Monday. Wow!!! Mike also said the bricklayers will be here next week. Wow!! Wow!! This means we need to decide quickly on the fireplace vent if it is to go through the brick chimney. Mike also said that the house building job out in West County is at a point where he thinks he will be able to dedicate a couple of weeks to just our job. That will be nice.
We expected the glass roof installer to show up on Friday, but late today we got word that they were held up in Detroit and would not arrive in St. Louis until sometime this weekend. Probably will not start the installation until next week. It will be busy next week.
I was surprised we have not received any response from Bob (landscaping) about the pouring of the concrete for the garage apron and east slab. Don't know if that is a bad omen. I will call him tomorrow if we don't hear anything.
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