When I pulled up they were delivering the shingles. They used a crane to put the shingles on the roof. The crane is remote controlled. The roof vents are in the garage. That’s it. That’s the post. They just unloaded the truck and left. The …
More materials have been delivered. The skips are gone and we have a new empty one. And… They have started on the porches! The plans have a nice front porch. It is 17’ wide and 6’ deep. The log cabin has a huge front porch. …
I drove by to see what was going on and I could tell something had changed. There was a ramp to get into the house and there was pipe in the garage. The laundry room has the washer and dryer plumbed. We have colored water …
Tuesday the doors were delivered. By the time we got down there, he had already put in the door that goes from our bedroom to the back porch. But I got to see him install the front door. First the installer trimmed the opening the …
We drove over to the new house this morning. They were wrapping up the wiring. And look! The windows and doors were delivered! They window installer checked the plans, then carried each window to where it would be installed. These directions are on the window. …
They started the wiring last Friday. Cliff went in over the weekend and added the wires for security, internet and speakers. He is going to put the house’s brain in the closet off the entry. The electricians wrapped up on Monday. One of the electricians …
The contractor called this morning to ask if we could meet the electrician for a walk-through. The electrician had read my plan and had it all marked out. He had emailed me back after all. I found it in the Spam folder. Lighting and Electrical …
I can’t believe they were able to get the roof on! We have had unbelievable weather for the last few weeks. We set a record for rainfall over the last two weeks. The previous record for May was 9.18 inches. We had 17 inches. There …
After a week of wind and rain, we finally had good enough weather for the crane. The crane was supposed to show up by 9:00. I got out there early to see the carpenters set up. The carpenters braced the walls. The guys were measuring …
I ordered an antique bathroom door latch that tells whether the bathroom is locked from the outside, like the indicator on a plane bathroom. I ordered it from Ironmongery World on Amazon. I like the cast brass one from England, better, but this was much …
