2" in rim joists should really be 3". 2" of foam on ceiling..clarify please is this like on the attic floor & blown or batts to be added over foam? otherwise 2" isn't anything..big R-7 at BEST. if it is 2" on roofline...what is that supposed to achieve? it just isn't clear...to me what is being offered. keep in mind with foam companies part of the charge is built in for time to set up, mix to heat & hoses to heat up. the extra product (ie 3" vs 2") is just that ...product. doubling the amount of product doesn't double price. If foam co is being honest with you. shop around. I doubt 100 hours labor, 3 guys @ $15 each shouldn't take a week and a half to install sheathing. builder probably did quick calc of $x for foam sheathing = $xx X 2 for labor = 10k. in my area no one uses foam sheathing over 1" thick, so I don't know costs of thicker foam sheathing. but do some price checking. best of luck

a2gemini - Great! Send me an email (starpooh at gmail dot com) when you're ready to post and I will give you the FKB Checklist. AnnaA - Yes, it's all volunteer time (although, as with all bloggers, I make some money on ads from Google Adsense). But it's a very relaxing night-time ritual; my brain is tired from working on the computer all day. Sitting in a big easy chair while watching HGTV, posting photos and categorizing kitchens is actually fun! And it keeps me busy so I don't order things on amazon. :-) I had tried to create a new FKB similar to Houzz where you could upload your own photos but it got to be too complicated and I was so busy working on the new site that I didn't add any new kitchens to the existing FKB. (Maybe in the future.) For now I'm the only person who can make updates. So just send me an email (starpooh at gmail dot com) with a link to your new photos and I will update them. I use watermarking software to add the owner's name to each kitchen. It's easy once it's all setup. wags848 - Are you viewing the FKB from a computer, tablet or smartphone? From a computer I see these links at the top right of the page: Home, Find-A-Kitchen, View Photos, Slideshows, Add My Kitchen, Articles, Links, About/Contact Several of these have drop-down menus with additional links. Do you see them?

Thanks Sylvia for another successful swap. This one was really fun. I really enjoyed myself and hated to leave. I came home with way more than I got there with. Haven't had a chance to do anything with them yet. Hopefully I can get outside tonight because it's killing me. I want to work in the yard! Everyone have a great day and thanks for all of the wonderful plants!

The first year, mine only bloomed once,but grew straight up and very healthy. It wants to be tall, but unlike many Austins, it does not need to be staked. No flopping, just grows straight up. Then, in its second year, I moved it to a NE exposure from a SW exposure, to a cooler, wetter, shadier part of the garden, where it had more space but soil definitely quite hard. And I got 4 flushes last summer, with a final small one rather late in the fall. Definite spacing between flushes, and it is not a continuous bloomer (so far). When the temps got up to the mid-high 90s, which is unusual for here, the buds were duds, shrivelled and died. So I don't think it likes extreme heat. Mine is on laxa (Western Europe). The first flush in early spring was the most impressive. However, the scent is so very lovely, that I now have a second one. Would be great for a hedge.