Cold and Windy

With a wind chill in the low to mid 20s and 20 mph gusts, the crew tried to work on roof sheeting today. Generally we don't have any work happening on weekends but Thurs and Fri had been cancelled with snow and sleet. It has felt too cold to bother getting outside all day in my opinion.

We drove out to check on things this afternoon and some of the front side of the 2nd story had been sheeted. Derek who leads the crew said they could hardly hold onto the plywood because of the wind. He said Monday they would finish it up along with the rafters and then the interior walls would go up quick. Some of the walls are already up and the pictures show a few views of the kids bedrooms, the 2nd bathroom and the guest room.

I called around yesterday to get some expert opinions on "hot water on demand" units from Uncle Bill and Rodney. After consulting them, one of the older gentlemen at our church who retired from the HVAC business, counting my opinion and looking on the web our scientific poll has resulted in about 50% for the unit and 50% against :) Since it is a newer technology I am going the familiar hot water heater route. I went to the Rinnai website, you have heard Paul Harvey advertise, and found that our time to recoup the difference on investment would be about three years. My original plan was to build this house and live in it for about three years so I don't think it will be worth it to invest the extra $800 - $1000.