Author: dreaminofobx

The fireplace is installed.

Placement of outlets, switches, and light boxes has begun throughout the house.

Wall switches in study

Labels on studs to make wiring easier

Bonus room window

Guest room window

Windows on porch (living room)

Front door

Dining room and sun room windows

Doors with blinds in glass (dining room)

All windows and doors are installed. Exterior color is light (putty?).

Trex installed, and back wall for screen has been built

Trex steps

View from the steps onto the porch

Trex decking has been installed (this will get covered to protect it during the rest of the exterior work).

Blocking added for grab bars near toilet

Lower blocking added for horizontal grab bar near shower seat

Blocking has been added at appropriate heights.

Pallets of shingles are staged around the house

This is the low-profile ridge vent they use

Supplies are here, just waiting on the roofing crew. (Expected Wednesday or Thursday next week.)

Door to half bath (not complete yet)

Half bath

I think the wall will come out to the red arrow

Framing and flooring in the bonus room today, including the half bath.

Also fixed the framing of the back windows in the sunroom.

Trim boards have been added to eaves

Detail of trim board

A special tape was put on the ridge vent gaps

Steps from the deck…there are concrete footers under the posts

There was an awful lot of banging today, but little visual evidence of the work that was done. Putting up walls was pretty dramatic; now that they are into the detail work, progress is a little less obvious.

Roof is on

Roof is on

Opening for ridge vent

Bonus room

Ridge vent in bonus room

The roof went on today, and there are definitely gaps for ridge vents in two of the peaks.

View through the garage roof

Left side of house

Front view of guest room

Right side of house

Heavy rain squalls all day today, but they got all the trusses up. The ground was too wet to safely walk around to the back side of the house.

Not sure, but I think this might belong to you

The second floor

Trusses have been delivered and should go up after the holiday.

Sunroom–oops…windows are not framed correctly

Porch/deck

First floor is essentially done

The framing crew is basically stuck until the trusses for the second floor are delivered. All of the first floor walls are up, and the staircase is in place, but the crane operator is off for a long holiday weekend and won’t be available until Wednesday.

One of four dodgy studs in the garage wall

Most of the first-floor studs are up, and they’ve started on the sheathing.