ridge beams and thimbles

A few more details from our last visit. This is the location where the wood stove will go, so they've already placed the megane ishi, the insulated thimble stone, in the wall where the stove pipe will pass through.

And while we're on the topic of insulation, here's the bath placement, where they have finished with both the foam insulation that is under the entire bathroom, and the cellulose fiber insulation in the walls (and the floor of the next room). They started installing the cellulose insulation on this side of the house, and it will go into all the floors, walls, and the roof.

Here's where the master carpenter placed the ceremonial stick from the ridge raising ceremony on the ridge beam. When we last visited, they had finished laying the flooring for the second floor, and were planning to start on the first as soon as they finished with the insulation that goes under it. We're heading out later today to check on the progress, which until now has been either on or ahead of schedule. And with that last sentence, I have probably jinxed the works.