Category: The Daily Grind

It’s been a while since I updated the website but family vacation and selling our existing home took a lot of time. We had our home on the market for two weeks and ended up selling it for a pretty good price – not the highest price we could get but I preferred to have… Continue reading Making Progress

Today I went with Nancy to the house. They had started the exterior walls on the second floor. The stairs to the second floor and the basement are also in now. Front of the house. You can see the stairs through the front entranceway Second floor exterior walls

They laid the beams for the second floor today. No steps up to the floor yet. Looking from the kitchen to the family room You can see the fireplace behind Anne. If I remember right, we only got a fake-gas log fireplace – not a woodburning one. Caroline stands in the driveway The master bedroom… Continue reading Starting the second floor…

It’s amazing to see how fast the walls go up in just a matter of days. Today they completed the exterior walls on the first floor and started on the interior walls. Still no steps down into the basement yet. Looking from the kitchen towards the garage entrance Anne and Caroline in the front yard

When Nancy went by the house today they had finally started framing. It’s amazing how fast they can put the walls up once they get going. From the back yard – looking at the family room From the driveway – looking at the garage The front entrance The black hole to the basement They weren’t… Continue reading Start of Framing

We haven’t been out to the new house for a while because not much has been happening. When we went out today, all the concrete flatwork in the basement and garage had been done. The cold storage room – this will be underneath the front porch Anne and Caroline in the garage Nancy was worried… Continue reading Flatwork

I’ve been in Irvine, CA on a business trip all week and the weather has been bad all week so Nancy didn’t go out and take pictures until today. The foundation has been completely backfilled and all the rough plumbing is in place. Looking at the garage. The gravel area is where the driveway will… Continue reading Completed Foundation

They’re in the process of putting in the window wells and backfilling up against the foundation. Looking north at the south side of the house. The orange “D” shows where the demarcation point will be. Looking at the back of the house towards the street. The “S” and the arrow shows where the sewer line… Continue reading Backfilling the Foundation

Today forms were off (note the crane for lifting forms) and the foundation had been coated with that black tar-like stuff that I assume is supposed to help prevent water seepage. Facing the front of the house. That funky notch is where the front steps/porch will go Looking south at the north side of the… Continue reading Foundation Tar

We didn’t go visit the house on the weekend but when we showed up on Monday afternoon the foundation was all poured! Looking north This following picture shows the notches in the foundation for the garage doors. Looking southwest One thing that irritates me about construction is how dirty the workers are. They leave empty… Continue reading Foundation