early december house progress

It is amazing how many details need to be completed before a house gets a certificate of occupancy.

steps and a reasonably flat grade

kitchen sink has been installed.  

ceiling fan with 8 foot extension

exterior grade work underway

Justin on the bobcat adding dirt to the front under the porch

trenching in the waterline from the well to the house.  Of course they had to cut across the driveway that had just been smoothed out and graveled.  Its all about sequencing.

Lower drive

Barbara, Matt, Ashlee and Landon putting down seed, hay and matting

more progress inside and out

tile in the master bath on floor and tub surround

bath vanity

toilet room

kitchen with vinyl and cabnets with tops

porch rail

nice view from porch

more support for the porch roof is a comfort

november progress

unusually pleasant weather made it great for working outside.  These two guys are making a project list for the winter.

Barbara is revising the project list.

Here you can see a mound of dirt that needs to be smoothed out.  Hopefully this will happen November 30th

back door.  Plenty of landscaping yet to be done

trim is more or less done and the walls and trim have been painted with at least one coat

upstairs bedroom

siding nearly done

I like the fact that it isn't green anymore

I was wondering how they would treat this little shed roof.  Thankfully they omitted the props

The clowns were sent in to finish sheetrock in the living room

Vinyl shakes on the gable ends

siding

siding is going on this house.

these guys are not bothered much by heights

looking at the porch ceiling which is same as soffet

the siding is vinyl and is backed by insulating foam.  it is more rigid than vinyl siding without backing and adds to the R value of the walls

Adding shutters to dress up the windows

under way again

one of the hold ups was this bathroom wall.  you can see how much material was removed from the studs to accomodate the pipes.  Final solution was to double up the studs.  Simple.

Insulation in great room

another veiw or great room and master bedroom and flue

siding material dumped on lot.   hopefully it goes up monday

the sheet rock has been hung

kitchen

bathroom

looking at the framing over the kitchen

I had hopped to beef up the cieling and make a floor for attic storage but got to it too late.  It may yet be a project for later.

basement wall  We will finish the basement later.  A diy project

progress stalled out

framing did not pass inspection.  Part of the problem was that the front wall was too flexable so two posts were put in on either side of the door

you can see the posts go from floor to ceiling

this had nothing to do with inspection, but was a detail that had to be finished before insulation goes in

Its a flue pipe that extends from the basement to the roof

view of the pipe from the basement.  A wood burning stove will be in the basement.

framed opening in the upstairs bath.  My plan is to beef up the truss over the kitchen, which you can see below, to make a usable attic space

Fall view from the side of the house

this scar with pipe is the well.  We got lucky with the well.  Good water.  At least the volume is good, no telling how it tastes