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...

Finished framing! Plumbing, HVAC and electrical...

This was just a cool picture from a lightning storm up at the property. HVAC stuff began getting installed. Exposed beams for the grand room prepped and ready for installation. Supports for above the beam are in place. Center main beam is ready to go. Front timbers done. Back timbers done. Blue roofing base is on most of the house at this point. More HVAC vents installed. Toilet mounts ready to go. Cedar posts on the awnings. Beautiful sunset. More vents installed. BEAMS ARE UP!!! View from the entry way with the fireplace and beams in place. Tongue and groove (T&G) installed in the front. Other half of the porch T&G installed. Electrical stuff getting done. T&G done on half of the back porch. Tubs arrived for the upstairs bathrooms. Plumbing for the tubs is done. Back porch with T&G. View from the front door with the T&G done. View of the front porch with the T&G. Vents from the bathrooms up to the roof. Upstairs plumbing coming along. Ve...

Foundations

One of the things I really want is a big, open garage. We planned it all out in the drawings but recently we heard back from the structural engineer that they will have to put a post/column in the middle of the garage. We talked with our builder about what could be done. She asked about a bigger truss but the truss guy says that they can't build a bigger truss. We decided to pay the engineer to do the math and see if a large steel beam could be used because according to our builder she doesn't expect the beam to add that much cost, if its possible. The engineer is currently working on seeing if its possible. If it is possible they will likely have to make the footings bigger and that would add concrete cost but overall the cost can't be predicted until the engineer updates his plans. Once the plans are updated our builder can let us know about costs and at that point we can decide if the increase cost is worth it or not. I feel that paying an engineer a little mo...

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