We’ve Got Trusses!
How Just One Guy Got All the Trusses off a Truck Someone had put up a sign marking where the trusses go. Nailed it. First he took off the flasher and put it away. Then he had to move the wood for the porch out …
Our New House
Wrapping the House
They have finished putting up the cladding and have cut open some of the windows. They delivered rolls of green wrap with the rest of the materials and I wanted to see how they put it up. When we got there, they had put the …
Garage is Framed, Sheathing Begins
It was beautiful over the weekend. Cliff got the field mowed and started clearing some of the brush. He treats the mower like it is a bush hog. We found more golf balls. Someone used to use this field as a driving range. I think …
Glass Door Knobs
The new house comes with satin nickel door knobs. I’m not a fan. They have some very nice options you can choose instead, but I really love the rose gold door knobs on the log cabin. I decided I would move the satin nickel ones …
Framing the Walls
They next time we dropped by the site, they already had walls up! They held the walls in place temporarily with 2 x 4s propping them in place. Fewer guys came today, but they are moving right along! Next: Garage is Framed, Sheathing Begins >
We have a floor!
Framing started! We knew something was going on when we saw all the trucks. All the other crews have car pooled. Every framer drove a truck. Remember those bolts they mortared into the block? The first thing they did is bolt pressure treated lumber to …
“They’ll need a crane, they’ll need a crane…”
I missed them getting the bulldozer into the house and I did not want to miss seeing them get it back out again. I went down to the house at sunrise and started a stakeout, waiting. I’m glad I went so early! They showed up …
Grading – Getting Above Flood Plain
Late in the day the graders showed up and started moving dirt around again. There is a lot of dirt. From Dartmouth, you can’t even see there is a house being built back there. It looked like they were just rearranging the piles. But they …
The Foundation is Marked and Sealed
Last week someone showed up and marked the block. I think this marks where the ground will come to when the house is done. The forecast was for rain and can-you-believe-it snow. We got the rain, but somebody else got the snow. It is April! …
Block and Stucco
Cliff is home and we drove over to see how the block is going. Wow! The entire outside is done and they are half done with the stucco, too. I did not know the same crew does the stucco. The outside is completely done. They …
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