This was a week of torrential rain in Seattle, creating significant flooding throughout the region. Many of our framers couldn’t show up for work as they live in the Carnation/Duvall area, which had turned into an island.
Framing seems to be the first thing I write about each week, and this week is no different. Pick up framing was completed throughout the house. The main framing crew from Chieftain completed the deck and the roof over the great room deck! YAY! It looks so pretty and I can’t wait to see it with the decking down too… but that’s a few months from now.
The framing for the interior stairs was started, but other squeaky wheels were squeakier and that project was put on hold. We’re going to have a party when the interior stairs are completed!
Plumbers did more work on the rough in, so things are moving forward.
This week it felt like not much got done, but it was a crazy week all around, due to the extensive flooding in the area. Our thoughts go out to those directly affected by the flooding waters. I got to see a lot of it first hand when I drove to Bellmont Cabinets in Sumner, south of Seattle. Just off the 405 freeway I saw a field that had been turned into a lake, dotted with hundreds of floating pumpkins. I did a double take and would have taken a photo, but I was going 60mph on the freeway. It was a bizarre thing to see.
Amidst all of the angst around us, we have much to be grateful for, even when it’s still raining.
