Well progress is slow, but decided to post an update regardless. Not much visually going on, but lots of prep happening in the back end.
1. My garage drains have arrived. They were on back order for a while but have finally made it. With these I just need to get them installed at proper height, connect the pipes and backfill the only portion of my floor that is without gravel. That will complete the floor and it will be ready for spray foam more or less, couple more water lines to run but generally speaking the hard part will be done.
2. My siding is coming in tomorrow, assuming they restocked. $14k worth of James Hardie product, as well as various drip edges ect. This includes lap siding, as well as board and batten type. Enough siding for the entire house, except for a single wall, which will be some wooden look statement wall. This is yet to be fully decided on.
3. The roofing guys returned last week and were able to get a little bit done. The entire roof section above the garage is now more or less complete (minus the top cap), and they have moved on to the siding of the other roof section, which should move pretty quick now since it's all basically flat panels one after the other. The front of the house will be a nightmare with all the mini roofs. It's been too cold to work so I don't expect they will be back for a while now, probably into the new year. They did get roofing done far enough where I was able to measure out the plumbing vent stack marked and they drilled it out and caulked it for me. I went out there on Friday and got the pipe poked through and secured for future vent connection on the inside. It's capped off at the moment to prevent snow/rain from entering into the building.
This is how I have the pipe supported on the inside, nice and solid and good to go when plumbing is ready to tie in
Went out last night to grab something from site and decided to take a picture of the pipe after the snow, looking good with plenty of height to stick out past probably any snow storm.
If I am able to get the guys to come out on the 27th (assuming they are working), it looks like it will be a warm week, which I happen to have off, then I can start on siding work. I need the house wrapped with a house wrap, so hopefully those guys are working and are able to come out for a few hours to get it done.