What's Happening Now: Early December
Siding
Things are really taking shape.
The siding is nearly complete, except on the very front of the house (the section around and below the tall windows).
Gutters
The gutters have been installed. They're topped with screens to keep the leaves out. With such high roofs, we want to minimize the frequency of necessary gutter-cleaning.
Although there aren't very many deciduous trees near the house, you can see they're already doing their job with these alder leaves!
Septic System
A truck carrying two septic tanks struggled to get up our sloped driveway.
After coming up frontwards, he went back down (backwards), turned around, and then backed up the hill.
It took some heroic maneuvering to reach the hole dug by the excavator without hitting a post that supports the large beams of the deck.
When the driver finally had the truck in position, he lifted a septic tank and lowered it in the hole.
The excavator then dug another hole, and they lowered the second tank into it. Then they hooked up all of the pipes and the pump.
Meanwhile, the excavator cleared three alder trees and completed work on the septic field.
Fireplace
After the fireplace box and flues were installed in the "bug room" (an enclosed area of the deck that's outdoorsy but free of the wetland's mosquitoes), the builder's assistant Shawn Burnett framed it in. He also built a box in front of it to serve as the foundation for a hearth.
Then the masons went to work.
They worked quickly and skilfully, obviously proud of the quality of their work.
They used the same Cultured Stone as on the outside of the house.
Within just a couple of days, they had completed a beautiful stone fireplace, with a stone hearth and mantle.
Tile
Andrew, with Classic Ceramic Tile, continued his very professional tile work.
Work on the showers and baths is nearly completed.
He then began laying tile for the kitchen floor, pantry, hall, and main floor bath.
Flooring
Some of our huge pile of site-milled floor boards began to be put to use.
Spencer West and his coworkers nearly completed laying alder flooring in the guest bedroom.
Getting Ready |
Well |
Milling Wood |
Excavation |
Concrete
Framing |
More Framing |
Plumbing |
Electrical |
Floors |
Roofing
What's Happening Now:
Late Oct |
Early Nov |
Mid-Nov |
Late Nov |
Early Dec |
Late Dec
Early Jan |
Late Jan |
Early Feb |
Late Feb |
Early March |
Mid-April - Done!