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We resolved our discrepancy about the siding and moved on. Here’s a lot more progress to look at.

It’s really amazing how fast these guys work. Monday they finished installing the beam and supports, rim joists, floor joists, and subfloor for the first floor. They built a staircase to the basement, got the windows delivered, and even installed a couple in the garage wall that was framed. The garage wall with the windows […]

Last night’s visit was exciting–much more lumber had been delivered, along with the steel beams and some other goodies. The sill plate was bolted onto the top of the foundation, and a couple of garage walls were framed. We got to see some of that Tyvek wrap in action, and actually hear it, because the […]

I wasn’t really expecting progress on a Saturday, but when I showed up there was a Floor in the garage, and it looked super shiny. It had been sealed with acrylic sealer, and by the time I got there it was too late to do anything dumb like write your name in it. Which is […]

This is starting to look like a construction site. The first thing I noticed driving up is the stacked lumber. Once I got to the end of the drive (which now had gravel all the way up to the garage door), the rebar ready for pouring the garage floor caught my attention and held it […]

A lot of work was done when we came out to the site last night. There was sealer applied to our basement walls, parts of the foundation were backfilled, and the crushed stone base for the basement and garage floors was installed. Plus the plumbing for the basement is installed where the floor can be […]

With the forms off, you can see the basement walls much better. It’s starting to look like a construction project.