February 1986
We went and looked at Stan and
Sue Rees' house tonight. They have hot
water heat running through tubes in the floor, and we were thinking of doing
the same thing. Theirs is powered by a
boiler and solar panels. Our plan is to
have ours be powered by a water jacket in a wood -burning stove. Saturday we are going to a Solar place in
Salt Lake City. We are getting our bids
together now for our new house. It has
been beautiful weather just like April, and it's only February. It will be a real bummer to go back to
winter. We took a water sample from our
well down to Weber Basin for testing today.
We'll know the results tomorrow.
We are getting all our bids collected and it looks as though we will
borrow $50,000, plus put down $8,000 of dad's money. We still need excavating, appliances,
cabinets, carpets, linoleum, heating and cement work bids. All of these together can't go over $17,000. I took off work yesterday for a few hours and
we went to Precision Built Homes, Artistic Woodcrafting (for cabinets),
Interstate Brick and Pioneer Door. Hope
we can get everything squared away in another month and apply for the loan.
March
8
Looked at some more brick at Interpace. We like "Homestead", this house is
costing more and more. I'll be glad when
we finally get going on it. I'm looked
at carpet today at R.B.J. in Henefer, the bid was $2,800. We have almost got all our bids now. I can hardly wait till I write in my journal
that the house is finished!!
March
11
We found out that Precision Built Homes went out of
business yesterday, so we'll have to
find someone to stick build our house.
Rog is down talking to Gary Randall now. He worked for Precision, and we
heard that he was going to continue to stick build homes from Precision's plans.
March 18
We should be getting our tests back from Ford
Chemical Lab very soon (water tests), then we go for the loan. Things are hectic, but we'll make it.
March
27
We checked on loans yesterday. We will probably borrow $57,000 at 11%
interest from The First National Bank of Morgan. Our payments will be approximately $688.00
for 20 years. But we will hopefully only
use $50,000 or $51,000. If we borrow
$50,000 at 11% interest, the payments will be $579.00 per month for 20 years.
That's not too bad. I hope interest
rates go down some more. We need to
decide whether to lock in now or take a construction loan and close out
later. Morgan Bank will work with us
really good. The Ogden banks require so
much, such as 100% finished construction on the house and $2,000-$3,000 closing
costs. I know Morgan will work with us
better. I hope everything goes
okay. It's scary. Maybe by this time next month we will be
started. Hope so.
April
1986
It's been too long since I've written. We've started on the house. Broke ground for our house on the 7th,
and the hole was dug April 8th, and then we got the footings in about the
11th. Then it sat for a week of bad
weather. The foundation finally got done
the 21st, and the rough plumbing, and
backfill of foundation on the 23rd, and now we are leveling the
basement dirt to lay the coils down and pour the basement floor, hopefully by
the 28th or 29th, because Gary Randall is framing it the 30th of April. It is sure hectic.
April
29, 198
Well, it rained all last week and we won't be able
to get the basement poured before the house gets framed. Neil Boyce back filled the front and sides
today and also fixed the road a bit, and the culvert. Hope this nice weather stays.
May
1986
The house was delivered today
(the 2nd) in parts, and on the 3rd they started
framing. On the 5th the roof
went on. The 6th the interior
walls done.
May 4th - It snowed 4 inches (we had to shovel it off the sub-floor)
May
6, 1986
The house is up.
Gary Randall and his crew finished framing it today. It is all framed. It looks great. It's bigger than I thought. Tar paper is on the roof, and Rog has got
plastic on the windows. The exterior
doors are in also. The weather is still
a mess and it looks as though the basement floor will have to be put off
another week. Bret Kimball is getting
the windows tomorrow, and we will probably put them in this weekend. It is exciting, finally getting a house.
May
7th rough plumbing
May
8th electrical
May
9, 1986
Well, the house is all plumbed and the electrical
work is being done now by Lynn Mickelsen and Roger.
May
10th put windows in
May
14th poured basement floor
May
15th started shingles
May
17th finished shingles, put stairs in, windows done
May
19th laid coils on top floor
May
21st poured top floor, delivered brick
May
24th start working on storage tank for heating system
May
28th finished electrical
May
29, 1986
The house will start being bricked today. Also, insulation has to go in because the
sheetrock has to be up and finished this weekend because the tapers are coming
Monday. The electrical is also
done.
May
31st sheetrocking done, chimney started
June
1986
June
2, 1986
The house is all sheetrocked and the tapers will start today. Rog says it will take about 4 days. Dean Judkins is working on the brick, and he
will do the chimney first. We need to
get primer and paint so we can start this next weekend.
June
3, 1986
Dean Judkins got the chimney all cinder blocked and
the sheetrock tapers started taping last night.
They will finish Saturday morning.
So I guess the painting will wait for next Monday. I will go and get paint this Saturday.
June
7th buy paint, visit Fieldcrest cabinets
June
10th start painting
June
13, 1986
Well, we've started painting the house. What a job!
Hope to get it all primed this weekend, then it needs 2 coats of
paint! Got the paint last Saturday. It cost $231.00. Got porcelain color (off white). Susan, Layne’s wife came up and spent one
whole day helping us paint. She really
helped out allot. We really appreciated
it.
June
14th paint
June
16th ordered cabinets
June
17th – 21st paint
June
28th bricking finished
July
1986
July
2nd pick out tile & stain for the wood trim
July
4th started to stain doors and stain and varnish all wood trims
July
8th finished shingling
July
15th tile started, heating system installed
July
16th cabinets and tile finished
July
20th staining and varnishing
is finally finished
August
1, 1986
We are so busy with the house.
Both Roger's and my heads are spinning.
The carpet and linoleum are finished and the fridge and stove are
delivered. We are getting the water line
hooked up today, and then UP&L is supposed to be hooking us up and Mt. Bell
(phone) should be in 10 days. The plumber
and electrician should come today to finish up.
August
6th
There is electricity in the house now, and Dwight Gailey is supposed to
hook up the finish plumbing today. It
will be good to have water in the house so I can start cleaning and then we can
move in next week hopefully. It seems
you wait so long for some things to happen, and you think they never will, and
then they FINALLY do.
August
15, 1986
Well, we finally did it. We are
all moved into our new house. I never
thought this day would come. But it has,
and I'm glad and our house is so pretty and nice.
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