Pre-drywall Meeting

Today we got to have our pre-drywall meeting!  This is a huge milestone in the building your home schedule that Ryan Homes prints off and gives you.

Since we have been to the house every few days, nothing came as a shock to us during this meeting.  But, we were able to use the running lists we've been keeping from our visits to make sure the meeting went as we needed it to.  Over the last couple of weeks, we already got them to move a few simple things and change/ fix areas of concern.  We're believers in catching and fixing things early to save everyone a headache in the long run.  

We met another neighbor last week (hey Brian!) who gave us pointers and hints of interesting items to look for. Although not life changing concerns, there are some things that can be easily overlooked or forgotten.  For example: blocking for the kitchen cabinets and mounting TV's, finishing the basement closet, subfloor on main level, and garage insulation.

The meeting started upstairs and we worked our way from top to bottom going over all our selections and 'what's where', 'why this', and 'how come'.  We asked questions as we came to things and felt that the PM's responses were reasonable.  

The main level's subfloor was a concern for us.  We are going to have nice, upgraded hardwoods running throughout most of this floor and don't want issues with noise/ buckling/ replacing in the future.  We've heard that others needed it to be replaced or repaired within months of moving in.  Most of it is due to the floor sagging or buckling causing the wood to warp.  The remedy would be to replace and/ or reinforce the subfloor after the fact (what a mess that would be) .  We were reassured that the wood we chose doesn't usually have this issue and we should be fine as they treat and inspect the floor before installing anything (supposedly the wood that had the issue was a different brand, size, thickness, etc).  We'll see!

Next was garage insulation.  We think we know what's code, but what's actually done?!  Brian told us that they didn't insulate the ceiling of his garage causing the rooms above to be cold and loud.  We are not sure if it was an oversight by someone or laziness by the installers but it was missed in his home nonetheless.  We were told that it's standard to install it on the outside of all "livable space", it should be there!  So, we were right to know that it should be there, but we are glad we asked instead of assuming.  We also filled Brian in on this "standard" installation technique so that he can work with Ryan homes during his first year of ownership.

We left feeling comfortable and confident that our expectations are clear and will be met.  We are excited about the progress to come.  Final walk through/ demonstration set for May 16!   -   Luke and Ashleigh