Its been a difficult couple of weeks personally and this is a very difficult post to write, but I know many of Jen’s extended family catch up with us here, so I wanted to let everyone know what is going on. A little over two weeks ago, my Granny was put into the hospital due … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Slab poured, foundation complete — now time for some walls!
To my delight, I drove out to the new homesite and found that the slab has been poured for the house and both porches. When I got out to the site, the crew was busy taking down the edges of the porches and setting everything up to cure. I am so excited that everything is … Continue reading
Preparing for the slab
This week, everything is heading towards the goal of pouring the concrete slab for our house on Wednesday morning. Yesterday, the crew was on site laying down plastic vapor barrier between the fill sand and where the concrete will lay. The plumbing that we had seen over the weekend was complete and all additional plumbing … Continue reading
Foundation, fill and plumbing
It has been a very busy week out on our property. At the end of last week, our foundation was nearly complete and over the weekend, Harry (the builder) began putting fill into the block foundation. On Monday, several more loads of sandy fill were loaded into the foundation and everything was brought up to … Continue reading
Building has begun
It has been a few weeks since I have posted an update, but during that time, we have had a lot of activity on our land. Last week, the builder laid out all the sidewall strings and began digging the footings for the house. Those were dug and then poured in about a day. To … Continue reading
