Gas is all done

We would like to thank Michael at Superior Propane for all his efforts getting our gas installed and operating. He went through a lot of challenges during what should have been  a fairly straightforward installation. In BC, Superior has no water heater rental program, so we ended up with a Rinnai tankless water heater after all. Of course, we had to buy it outright, but their service was great and included all the venting hardware and plumbing bits and pieces. These things are cool, very efficient and should last for years, so we're pleased at the way it ended up.
Michael had estimated we would require 12 hours of installation time to run all the gas lines for the current appliances and additional lines for future installation of 3 direct vent space heaters; convert all the appliances to run on propane (not natural gas as delivered); and "balance" the pressures throughout the house. It took him only a little over 8 hours. He had to come back twice, once to deliver and do an initial installation of the water heater and a final time to finish it all up and run the additional gas lines. The driveway was like a 4x4 test track on his last visit and we were happy that he got in and out again safely. Thanks, Michael.
I am attaching a photo of our new Aurora 10kW "silent" generator. It is definitely not silent, but at less than 60dB, the sound it makes is not too intrusive and certainly not annoying. We're hoping to have it "online" and ready to charge our battery bank later this holiday weekend.
That's right everyone, the Thanksgiving Day long weekend in Canada is here! I think we'll be giving thanks that it's over on Monday night - we have so much to do this weekend! Alex and I will be spending the day on Saturday, cutting and splitting enough wood to hopefully last us through several months of cold winter weather. I have promised Carol that we will finish the insulation in the cathedral ceiling of the great room and get it all covered with vapour barrier. The downstairs bath is in but needs tiling and drywall before it is ready to use. We are starting to smell kind of funky so there is a big motivation to get that done, too! If that's not quite enough, we have the upstairs toilet ready to put in if we get some "spare" time.

Carol will be cooking a turkey and baking pies while Alex and I are busy with the firewood. Yum! While we have a fridge and stove in the kitchen, we don't have any cabinets, counters, dishwasher or sinks in place yet. Our cabinets are ordered and due to arrive on November 4th. The counters will follow shortly after, so we should just about be good by the middle of November. The only working sink we have right now is in the downstairs bathroom. Fortunately, Carol is a magician in the kitchen so we're confident that our celebration meal will be spectacular!