Closing in on rough ins
August 30 2011
As the summer winds down, we are closing in on all of our framing and rough-in inspections. We’ve been pretty much 95% ready for a…
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More porch work
August 15 2011
Moving on up. A lot of visual progress in a week’s time. Tom is already installing the metal standing seam roof on the rear shed…
Porches here we come
August 5 2011
Dog days of summer. Definitely hard to find the motivation to write a blog post at the end of the day. We are also deep into…
Flooring News
August 1 2011
This past Saturday we took a nice little drive down Route 53 past Patricia Kluge’s mansion and mile of beautiful stone walls (no sign of…
Metal Roof
July 26 2011
Tommy and Bryce braved the heat recently to put on our galvalume metal roof. We only get to do this a few times a year,…
It’s Alive!
July 22 2011
Definitely grateful to be working inside as I don’t think we could get anything done out in the sun in this heat. Tom Hughes, our…
Rough-In Plumbing time
July 19 2011
One of the added bonuses of this current project is that because I am the homeowner, I am allowed to pull my own plumbing, electrical…
Exterior Doors…
July 11 2011
Tom has been busy this last day or so both manhandling and finessing our extra deep exterior doors into place. While we went with the…
One side done
July 6 2011
We’ve finished one whole side of the house, including the metal roof. It’s always a good feeling to tear down the scaffolding and reveal our…
So many decisions
June 29 2011
Yesterday was a bit of a long day and pretty hot. The guys have been out there putting up hot metal siding and roofing, which…