The second floor interior framing is complete, so the rooms really take on a sense of volume and for the first time this weekend I could appreciate the true room sizes. Now it’s almost impossible to convey a sense of that from any kind of flat photo or drawing, but that doesn’t really stop me […]
I pulled a real bonehead move going to the site Thursday night, and left my memory card out of my camera, missing lots of great clear weather to show off the progress that had been made. Almost all the roof rafters were in place, and the second floor really began to take shape, you got […]
I didn’t have ideal light to take pics last night, thanks to some rain clouds. But that doesn’t really stop me. The water line is in and buried, and there are three hydrants along the way so I can have access to water in my yeard or in my barn. And the interior framing is […]
Rain shortened the day a bit yesterday, but nonetheless a good amount of progress. We were surprised to see a big trench for our water line running alongside the driveway. Not too much else looked different from the front, but the sheathing was in place on the roof of the garage. When we got inside, […]
Apologies to Upton Sinclair for the title. The north, east, and south walls of the second story are now framed, sided, and standing with windows installed. This thing looks like a house now (a house without a roof on it, but a house none the less). I was really surprised how visible it is from […]
The crew must have knocked off before the rain got serious. And it got serious, because there was mud all over our shoes when we were done stomping around. Since we don’t have a roof yet, all the water went right in to the house. It can’t be too bad a problem I guess, but […]
Three big things were evident when we showed up to the job site last night. The rafters were installed over the garage, which is clearly visible in the elevation. The front and back porches were prepared for pouring concrete, with the gravel installed, plus forms and rebar. And the front and back walls of the […]
My wife has commented that she has a hard time seeing how the finished house will look. Now we’re far enough along that I can take a stab at manipulating the photos to try to get a better visualization.
So I monkeyed around with the PDF of the plans, and some of my photos, trying to […]
After Thursday’s storm, no work was done on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Things picked up again Monday, but I didn’t get out to the site until last night (Tuesday). We have the interior walls framed on the first floor. The metal beam in the garage is installed. Stairs to the second floor are built, and […]
Thursday saw a lot of progress. The place is starting to look like a house now. We got in and took pictures and policed the area fast, because a storm was rolling in.