The week started with the delivery of the SIPS panels. These Structural Insulation Panels are placed on top of the stick framing underneath and comprise the roof. They arrived on a large truck that was unable to navigate our private lane to the jobsite, so, Patrick unloaded them by forklift on the main road. From…

Building a project is like watching a child grow up. You never notice the day-to-day changes, but when you look back over a period of time, the changes are significant! This week was “just framing”, but when I look at the photos from a week ago- WOW, what a difference!!!!!!  This week Henrik, Lonnie and…

This week the focus was framing with the completion of the primary suite, and the start of the lower level. Although it looks like very little happened, there was a lot of work going on! You’ll remember that last week the subfloor was installed across the “bridge” kitchen. This week the focus was working on…

This week was more framing, steel ring and septic drainfield installation. The framing continued all week. Monday the floor joists and subflooring for the great room was installed. (You’ll see a photo of me sitting on the great room floor with Koko and Kuma, our Japanese Spitz pups) The floor joists and subflooring for the…

Now that the slabs are poured, this week was busy with stones, finish grading and delivery of lumber, lumber and more lumber.  The stone steps that go from the front of the house underneath the kitchen bridge and down to the level below were completed.  By midweek, the concrete columns had dried and the framing…

This week started with Janes laying the radiant heat in the slabs for the primary bedroom suite and the two lower guest suites. You’ll see them as bright red tubes. (Thank you Janes!) Then, the concrete was poured for the foundation of the footings for the support columns to hold up the deck off of…

This week was busy with the completion of the prep for the pouring of the slabs in the primary suite, in the two lower suites and in the garage. It was also a week of rocks and dirt. The drainage pipes around the perimeter of the foundation were laid and the drainfield was completed.  The…

This was a short week as many of our subs took off early for the 4th of July holiday weekend. We were lucky enough to get the plumbing drainage laid out in the primary suite slab and in the slab for the two guest suites on the lower level. The underslab plumbing was inspected and…

I started this week early on Sunday morning at the property and was greeted by a beautiful deer and a bobcat! Check out the photos!  Early Monday morning, we poured another 87 yards of concrete to fill the turret tower (27’ center pole) and the walls throughout the house.  After the concrete dried for a…

This week Javier, Filimon and the guys from JB Concrete finished forming the walls for the concrete to be poured on the 23rd (next Monday). Take notice of the tall “pole”. That will be the “tree” wrapped in bark which will serve as the center of the spiral staircase leaving up to the top of…