More slow and steady progress

They are making slow but steady progress on the roof. They say it's pretty complicated and that it takes a lot of brain power to make it work as they connect the different slopes from the different trusses.

The bonus closet in the loft/movie room was framed out and the roof has been put up over it.

Plumber came and drilled holes for the plumbing!

Toilet holes in the bathrooms.

View from the front porch.

View of the front porch.

Front porch on the right, they are still working on the roof over the garage.

Garage.

More garage.

View from the southwest corner of the house/garage.

Back of the house. The roof is done on the back. The back patior/porch should be getting done this week, or at least they should get started.

Northwest corner of the house.

View of the sunset from the dinning room.

They put some nice pieces of wood around the garage openings.

Close up wood around the garage.

Dog wash in the laundry room.

Soffit in the mudroom over where the lockers will be.

They dropped a ledge for the shower area to tie the glass into.

They had to extend the wall on the right where the cabinets will come out so that they aren't sticking out further than the wall. Also built in the wall where the fridge will be.

A closet built into the powder bath.

They got the tubs built in in two of the 3 upstairs bathrooms. See above and below.

That bonus closet has the doorway built in now.

The wall on the left of the alcove was brought out to be even with the wall on the right. There will be a set of cabinets and someday, hopefully, a mini-fridge. This is in the loft/movie room.

We met with the builder and the plumber and we have to bring out a wall in our great room/living room to make room for some plumbing, which is annoying, but it should only eat into our room by about 4 - 6 inches. That means they may have to move one of the windows so it stays centered in the room. So, unfortunately some work still needs to be done. The beams to go in the living rooms should be put in this week and the windows should be getting installed as well. We'll see if they can keep up with the promises they've made. The framers are good but slow. I'm hoping when we move on to the next subs we can catch up on some of the time we've lost.

Wrapping up the framing - Plumbing and HVAC

Garage is open and now that the framing is done they uncovered the windows. The final awnings were being built. Final set of awnings are now over the garage. Blue roofing material went on parts of the roof this week. I imagine it should be done by the end of next week. We showed up and found a bunch of mechanical heating/cooling equipment in the garage early in the week. We changed the stain color for our beams to Dark Oak with the tongue and groove being stained at 50% of the same color so we have some contrast. More of the roof. Most recent photo of the front of the house. Back porch is done. See the pictures below for the process. Picture from the inside with the upper wall still open. Picture from the upstairs bedroom looking into the backyard and onto the new pack patio/porch. Chimney was added! Heating/cooling and plumbing coming along nicely below the house. In the crawl space it is clear that they've been working but not much to show in the actual house as of yet. T...

Here we go again!

Trusses arrived today! This was the first of two loads! That's a lot of trusses. This week, in preparation for the trusses the crew came out for a few days to get some of the upstairs done that didn't need the truesses. This is looking from the great room into the kitchen and above the kitchen and front room we have some bedrooms. They started the staircase and I noticed that under the landing there was A TON of wasted space. See above and below. I asked our builder about in and she said she'd talk with the crew. The steel beam arrived for the garage. It is very big. The crew finished the stairs and opened it up BIG TIME! I was super happy about this. It increased the storage in our house dramatically. I'm six feet tall and can walk into the farthest back part of this closet standing straight up. IT IS AWESOME!!! More closet. Where the ladders are stored is about 6 feet tall! Landing on the staircase. Down this hall will be another bedroom and a loft and my music roo...

Foundation Prep

The soil on our lot was not great for a foundation so we had to dig a deep hole and then back fill it with soil that can compact well enough to support the house. We had to put 3 feet of backfill in! We watched them bring load after load of dirt and then smooth it out and compact it and then do it all over again until the full 3 feet were filled in. Last night I took my daughter up there after soccer practice and we walked around on the final grade. Footings and forms should be going up next week!

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