Week 20 & 21 – The walls close in
Week 20 was mostly spent getting materials in and coordinating work for this week. Week 21 saw a flurry of activity with the trim guys working on the window sills and sanding the trellis members, and the sheetrock guys getting to work quickly on the interior walls. I guess I should call them gypsum board […]
Week 19 – And The Foam Begins To Flow….
Week 19 started off with a bang as the foam truck arrived (actually on Friday of last week) and started pumping the foam. It was an interesting process to watch as the thin spray kept expanding and expanding. As mentioned in a previous blog we are installing 6.5″ of open cell foam in the ceilings […]
Week 18 – Wrapping up the rough-in
Week 18 saw the completion of HVAC, electrical, and plumbing rough-in. Also, the dining room bar framing was completed… First coat of Cabot white solid stain applied to the glulam beams South elevation with a couple of beams painted. 18″ glulam over garage still needs to be ripped to 14″ 48″ high […]
Dining Hall
I am thinking about the dining hall today and it is not just because we sent the past couple of days touring Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina; the most extravagant home in America. That house had Dining Halls that were the size of football fields. Check out my instragram feed for pictures from that trip. […]
Week 17 – The Roof, The Roof, The Roof is on…..OUR HOUSE!
Week 17 saw a monumental milestone….our home is now UNDER ROOF! While the sheathing and underlayment had been installed weeks ago, our beautiful 26 gauge metal roof was put on this week along with the skylights, fascia and rake boards, and roof jacks. Several other trades were present this week as well. Plumbers got back […]
Week 16 – The Insulation Dilemma
One of our main reasons for building a house, aside from, of course, building what you WANT, was to participate in the process, and hopefully learn something in doing so. I consider every experience, both negative and positive, very valuable if you learn from it. I now know WAY more than I want to know […]
Week 15 – The Master Bathroom Battle
Long before we had purchase any house plans we had been dreaming about a modern bath and had been looking at all the options available from online retailers. Our last master bathroom was HUGE and was remodeled by an acclaimed designer and featured on HGTV’s I want that! Baths. It was “contemporary” with separate sink […]
Week 14 – Roughin’ in
Week 14 saw three sets of sub-contractors on site. Electrical, HVAC, and plumbers were all working on their part of the plan. Questions were coming hard and fast. Where do you want these sconces? Where do you want these outlets? Do you want one vent in here or two? Are these faucets surface mount or […]
Week 13 – Framing continues, electrical and HVAC subs begin work
Week 13 saw the finishing of the framing as well as the electricians and HVAC subs starting there work. Framing finishing up and Tyvek wrap applied to sheathing View of entry roof detail Detail of Glu-lam in dining/playroom Dining room skylights Detail of skylights Roof detail in dining/playroom […]
Sparkies in the Bath
We spent today concentrating on the task at hand, Electrical and Plumbing in our master bath. Specifically we concentrated on the vanity wall. The Sparkies (aka. electricians) are in this week to wire the house with electricity. That means we had to flesh out the design in the bathroom. It makes so much more sense […]
