A lot of progress has been made in the past two days. They’ve completed nearly all the interior walls on the second floor by now and the second story ceiling joists will be going up tomorrow along with the roof trusses if there is time. I can’t believe they have only been framing for 5 […]
On Friday they had 2 walls up. I came back on Monday and found the first floor exterior walls all completed with only 8 small walls to put up and then the celing joists to put on. Once that is done, the second story work can begin. They pumped out the water in the basement […]
Delayed a couple days due to rain/snow pushing back a previous job, they started framing on Friday morning. They may work Saturday to make up for lost time. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of the first wall going up (garage wall).
On Monday the 16th the basement was shored and backfilled with stone. You can see the boards all still in place which reinforced the basement walls during the backfill process. They remain there for a day or so until the concrete has had time to harden a bit more. In the meantime, stone was poured […]
The wall moulds were removed and the exteriors of all basement walls have been waterproofed and those that needed to be have been insulated with a fiberglass insulation. We also have stone on the basement floor and OUR FIRST WINDOW!!! It will sit like this now until Monday the 16th when it will be shored […]
January 10, 2006 – Basement walls were poured today and now they must sit for a week before any framing can take place on top of them. In the meantime, the moulds will be removed on the 12th and a water-proofing spray and fiberglass will be put on the walls to avoid moisture from being […]
Things are moving pretty quick… Thanks to our host with the most… Kraig Mackett. He’s an old friend of mine who is building this house for us. He’s a stud. So much so, that I have to pronounce it STUH-UHD… so as not to hurt my tongue. Today they set up the wall moulds for […]
They framed and poured the concrete footers today. This has to cure for a couple days and has to be inspected by the city before the basement wall moulds can go up and be poured. That is slated for Monday the 9th at the earliest. In the meantime they will probably put stone down on […]
So I went out to the lot on Tuesday to take pictures of the land prior to the digging which was scheduled for Wednesday… and what do I see when I arrive? So I guess them getting a head start isn’t a bad thing! WOOT!