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November update

I cannot believe it has been more than a month since I posted an update… suffice it to say that we have not stopped working and been laying about!

In the past month, the exterior of the house has been almost finished, including:

Stucco Caulking and Painting Exterior Trim (soffits and fascia) Exterior Door installation Chimney Roofing Installation of Garage Doors Gravel placed on drive and on road Exterior Light fixture installation

We hired a subcontractor for the stucco. While they worked on stucco, I kept up (barely) with painting and caulking all the soffits and fascia. We used the […]

November 17th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Construction, Homestead | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Bonus Room Framing

As G.N. Construction continues working on the roof decking and soffits, they are also continuing with the framing of the bonus room above the garage (in case you’ve forgotten, it is really the future home of the WWII Museum and Research Center). The progress is moving along well as we continue to complete small jobs around the house while they work. Most of the bracing from the interior of the house has been removed, so you can safely navigate without fear of head-bonking. Also, Oz finished building the water heater platform and has been working on the plans for the […]

September 18th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Construction, Framing | One comment - (Comments are closed)

The Trusses and Decking Take Shape

Framing the valley…

As the work continues on setting the trusses, the shape of the house and how the roofline will look is becoming more clear. I was surprised that they were decking the portion of the roof that will have rafters above, but that provides extra stability and provides structure for setting those rafters. I took a few photos:

View from front

The work of setting trusses, decking the roof and framing the bonus room above the garage is being done by G.N. Construction, LLC. Freddy and his crew have been doing a great job […]

September 11th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Construction, Framing | Comments are closed

Setting Trusses – Work Begins

At a little after 3 pm the work is finally begun on setting trusses. I was amazed to see one of the framers walking around the top of the framing like a balance beam… quite a good balancing act. He was walking along the top plates marking truss locations. The wind has kicked up a bit and it would make me more than a little nervous.

Marking truss locations

Sorting out the trusses…

September 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Construction, Framing | Comments are closed