Insulated, Drywall Loaded In, Siding Delivered and Some New Issues

On Monday our house was insulated and most of the framing punch-work was completed.  The ceilings have been lowered in the mud room and powder room.  The wall in the garage is bumped out and wonky.  Service door and fireplace sheathing have been installed.  I met with our PM Tuesday morning to see the insulation work before the drywall was hung.

Unlike many of our fellow bloggers, we were not able to add any extra insulation, cable jacks, speaker wires, blocking for flat panel TV's etc. etc...Hope you are luckier than we were on that one.

The insulation job looked fine.  Although some new issues were noted.  Several of the double window units, some of which we paid extra for, are not lined up with each other.  They generally vary by about 1/4".  That may not sound like a lot, but when they are only 4" apart it is obvious to the naked eye and put a level on one of them and it's downright ridiculous.

Next issue is the urethane keystone headpiece trim details (as they are referred to on RH drawings) over the 4 front lower windows.  3 of them are the same, 1 is different.  Mentioned this to the PM, his response was "that's what was sent with the lumber package".  And of course they never make a mistake and ship incorrect materials so apparently I'm just crazy.  After looking at them he agreed that one of them was wrong and would get it replaced.

The final issue, and it's a big one, pertains to the roof.  In our development, 12" gable overhangs (option code ROC) are standard.  This appears to be a relatively new thing for RH in our area since the vast majority of RH communities around here do not seem to have them.  So the framers, probably not being too familiar with them, basically neglected to follow the plans and just kind of did them their own way.  Where this becomes a big problem is where you have two different roof planes meeting each other.  Like on the front of a garage with a gable detail.  Instead of framing out "cornice returns" around the sides of the garage roof, they just met the two roof planes at a point.  So now, there is nowhere to mount a gutter on the sides of the garage roof and all of the run-off water is channeled into a narrow valley where it will drip and erode whatever is below it.  I suspect they will try to just float a piece of gutter around the edges, but  this is definitely wrong.  Have an email out to the PM about this now.  We will see what happens.