Week Ending 7/28/07

Wow, what a week! Monday started with the builder telling me the exterior doors were needed right away, and I needed to give all specs to the electrician and plumber. By the end of the week I had to remove trees and gut the living room ceiling. Cedar shakes and exterior window trim going on. LP gas tank buried. All old stoops removed. Electrician, plumber and HVAC started their work. Water in basement due to damage to Bilco door. While all mechanicals and carpenters were seeking my input, the architect was on vacation. Interior view (above) from mudroom entrance, through kitchen, to family room (old screen porch).

Week Ending 7/21/07

We've been away camping this week. Progress on the house includes: Most of the new windows are in, about half of the walls have Tyvek, mudroom and stoop-foundation are complete, roofing shingles are on, cedar shakes have been delivered, chimney has been re-worked, footings have been poured and re-covered, most of the framer's tools have been removed and the inside has been swept out. This week marked one year since we signed our contract with the architect.

Week Ending 7/14/07

Many things happening this week. Shingles began going on roof. Majority of interior and exterior walls now framed. Backhoe on site and digging footers, footers poured. Entire old second floor now gone. All old cedar shakes gone. Windows delivered. HVAC work begun. Someone dropped their coffee on our new basement rug. Two Master Bedroom windows not as planned, boarded over. Pastor Gish helped me remove roses and lavendar (for transplant to the parsonage) to save them from the backhoe (and neary died from heat doing it). He promised visiting rights. On 7th dumpster. 4 pics this week including mudroom foundation, back hoe and back porch, eyebrow frame for large window in master bath and Jessica helping me remove shingles.

Week Ending 7/07/07

Difficult to show all the progress this week. From the front you can see the whole ridge is up now, and all of the original roof is gone. Most of the joists are in place, along with sheathing, and the exterior walls, including the front dormers. The foyer has been gutted, and the stairwell is totally opened up (which I tried to show in the interior picture). The old chimney is entirely inside now, and will soon be removed and built back higher and more centered. About 2/3 of the interior framing on the second floor is completed. Next week roofing and windows will go in. Happy 4th of July!

Week Ending 6/30/07

Difficult to show the progress in the past week, but there has been much. The inside walls have been built out for most of the downstairs and half of the upstairs. In addition, having completed up to the left dormer on the main house, the builders have used the same measurements to compete most of the remaining exterior and interior walls and joists, all of which are stacked neatly on the lawn. It will be a fast push for the remainder to be assembled. Our windows have arrived, awaiting installation. The interior picture here shows the "new downstairs," from the front door to the old back porch, with all walls opened up.