Gypcrete and Birthday Cake!

When Jeff and I were up at the house this past Wednesday, Jim told us that Friday would be an interesting and busy day for the blog. So I left Jeff at home to take care of the last minute food prep for Amy's 29th birthday party and trotted  off with Barbara to photograph the installation of the gypcrete floors.

To our great dismay, when we arrived around 11, not only was the work done, but the workers were all packed up to leave!

Oddly enough, we found the two guys who were doing the upstairs floor, standing on the stair landing, carefully planning their exit!

 I handed one of them my camera, and asked him to photograph their work.

These tubes supply the downstairs floors
and a similar set is upstairs

In designing the house, we decided to go with radiant heat. Although it's more expensive to install, we'll appreciate the efficiency-and the comfort.










This information from the Dept of Energy explains the system in some detail:
http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/space_heating_cooling

After a nice chat with Jim, and a delicious lunch at Scandia, Barbara and I headed back to Seattle.

Jim has promised pictures of the actual process - the subject of a future post.

And yes, Amy's birthday party was a lot of fun!