Archive for 'Home Building'

Brief update on the house

A lot of progress on the house – will just be a brief post (see why here) – but siding is done; insulation was installed; drywall is installed and has been finished – ceiling were sprayed and finished; the screen porch was installed; doors are all in, except for the front door.

Rough ins almost complete this week

This week in updates, we have had a lot of progress not only outside but inside, too.  On the outside, the roofers have completed our roof.  It looks great and we can now imagine how it will look next to the green siding.  Also, the foundation got its finish this week and it looks great [...]

Lots to update this week

Unfortunately, updates on the site have slowed.  I have been a little under the weather, but I have a batch of photos and a quick update of the progress from this week. Early in the week, the house was wrapped with vapor barrier and the roof was completed and felt was laid on the roof. [...]

Roof framing is almost complete

This week has proved to be another exciting and progress-filled week with our house.  Thursday marks the beginning of five weeks of our build and the progress made is nothing short of amazing.  We know that things will begin to slow down and visible changes won’t make the kind of “wow” impact that the past [...]

Raising a roof

Yesterday, as expected, the crew began raising the roof of our house.  Early in the morning, there was a crain on site to begin placing the trusses on the walls.  By 10am (the first picture below), the main section of the house looked to be in place.  By the time that I made it to [...]

Standing the walls

The crew began standing the walls today for the house. After lunch, when I arrived at the site, I was surprised to find them working on the third side of the house. They are still working on the front of the house, but I suspect that they will move on to interior walls tomorrow. What [...]