Continual Improvement

Today the progress continued. Not only did the entire new roof get framed and sheeted in, we made some major decisions on the layout of walls in the first floor corridor and media room (you will have to wait for those photos but here are some of the roof.)

Onwards and Upwards

After deciding what we wanted to do (stick frame it all instead of the trusses) we had to place a quick order and keep our fingers crossed. Today the 'emergency' lumber arrived (big thanks to the supplier!) and away we went. There was a lot of time spent setting the one main LVL and then leveling out the studded wall. When we left this evening they were making great process. Plan was to begin sheeting before dark -- excited to see how far they got!

notice something wrong?

Yeah, it seems that the trusses are the wrong pitch, dimensions or something. Fun Day. (sorry for the dark photos - it was a long day and it was getting dark)

Will the destruction ever end?

Today we got our first peak at the project after being out of town for the weekend (Thanks - we had a great time!!!) What I expected to see was the new trusses that were in the driveway last week all framed up and a new roof on the bridges - not the case. I guess there was some heavy winds and rain while we were gone so construction of this sort was not safe.

Not one to sit idle (thank goodness!) The contractor and his team of "beat-things-downers" decided to lay into some of the other areas of he house that had yet to come down (exciting!!!) The wall between the office and the hallway was torn down, totally opening up the space.













The next exciting hole was the loss of the enclosing walls around the front stairwell. This really opened up the space and makes walking up the stairs less like walking into a tunnel. (Maybe a new skylight in here someday, hmmmmm.)











In contrast to the additional destruction we were happy to see the blown in insulation cover the exterior walls quite nicely.










And if the insulation wasn't enough -- we have 'some' floors!!










I wonder what tomorrow will bring...?

Three_way door, is no more...

Today we were back at the job site after a relaxing time away for the labor day holiday. There were some issues that came up while we were away that required a number of phone calls - but all is well.

The progress has been great. We met again with Kitchen Cabinet designer to go over some changes and specifics about what we want to see. That process will get underway as soon as the drywall is up in the kitchen so accurate measurements can be taken. We were very excited to see the the three-way (yeah, it was weird) is gone! In place of it we are going to have a nice welcoming open space

(check out the before and after photos. -> )

The walls for the powder room are all complete. It was an odd space. We will probably never know what the 2' tall tile walls were for but we are happy to cover them up.

Much much more to come, but it is really nice to start seeing some actual square walls coming together.