Our home construction project

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Home stretch

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We have tons of things to finish up before we are ready to move in, but we just might be ready by the end of the month. Not everything will ...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Insulation, Drywall and more

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For some reason it feels like things are moving slowly, but when I look at my last post I see that a lot of things have gotten done. The sto...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Stone work almost done

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Today the masons finished up most of the stone work on the front of the house. They will also be using the same stone to build a "base...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Framers gone; Electricians hard at work.

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The framers have pretty much wrapped up. They have moved on to another job while we wait for a few materials to show up. It feels weird not ...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Windows and siding

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The weather has really slowed things down. I can't believe how much rain we are getting. This week more siding has been installed, along...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Under roof. Rough-ins started.

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The roof is on, and now everything inside can finally dry out. We also had the concrete porch poured, along with a small patio outside of th...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Framing almost done

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Most of the framing is complete and we have passed our shear wall inspection. All that is left to do for framing is a couple interior walls,...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Updated pics

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There's not a lot of new things to write about, but I have some more photos to share. Here is a pic of the 2nd floor of the workshop. Jo...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Workshop weathered in (mostly)

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On Monday the roofers finished up the shingles on the detached workshop. This provides us a dry place to put some of the extra building mate...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Electricity, elec-tri-city

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We finally have electricity ! The power company showed up a little earlier than expected, but we had all the holes and trenches ready by th...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Backfill, lumber, framing and slabs.

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Oops. I guess it has been a while since I've posted an update, so here's a big one. Since last update: 1) The foundation hole has be...
Saturday, February 2, 2008

Ready for backfill

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I was hoping to have the majority of the backfill completed this week, but we had to delay the waterproofing due to the weather. We tried dr...
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