DAYS 57- to month No. 2 Interior walls

Here we are at DAYS 57-58

The builder, Huff Welding, finished most of the outside. The underpinning for the side porch looks great! They also installed the wind vane for us. So glad we didn't have to figure out how to get up there!! They will come back when we have the front porch ready for underpinning and wood burning stove stack ready to install.

LOOKS GREAT!!










We are pre fabricating the walls in sections inside the house and have installed the two 6" wall sections for the laundry room and the small 1/2 bath. Not as heavy to lift as we thought. Laundry wall includes cut outs for dryer vent to outside wall. All walls will be bolted to the foundation.

Bathroom and laundry walls - 6"

Next,  the framing is complete for the interior walls within the master bathroom. There are two interior 8' walls separating out the shower and toilet. These walls are 8' leaving ventilation space to the remaining areas of the bathroom. The ceilings will be 10'. Door for master bath is a 80 x 30 opening. We will be fabricating a sliding barn door with reclaimed wood and barn door rollers for opening and closing off bathroom.

Now we can see shape of master bedroom(lft), master bath and 2nd bedroom(rt)

Hummingbirds are passing through town!

The cedar shutters are coming along. Using cedar fencing to reduce cost and increase ease of construction. All will be covered with a clear polyurethane which adds a nice color to them.  Here are a few photos. First photo is of back side.  Each shutter will have 3 panels and angled cross support. We are still working on the process for attaching them to the house.  Note: scorpion stings HURT!

Next up: hallway walls, finish shutters, getting really close to contacting electrician and A/C man!
9/18/16

DAY 50-52 Scaffolding and so much more

DAY 50-52 Scaffolding, plumbing and interior framing

Finished installing all support boxes inbetween the side wall beams to support the ceiling.  We received some scaffolding on loan for the duration of the build. We put together one large 14' section with two landings. The wheels are coated so hopefully we won't damage the floors that will be eventually stained. That should help us work smarter and not harder.

 In the center photo you can see we started the interior plumbing. These pipes make up the vent from the master bathroom that will go up and vent out the cupola. We are using 2" pipe for that section and metal straps to hold them in place in a slight upward angle.

Break time in the hammock on a hot day

DOORS!  Finally, no rain and time to polyurethane the doors. One coat complete. We will lightly sand and put on another coat to seal the deal!
That's Bailee photo bombing in the right photo.


















Ended the day with leveling and adding sand around
the foundation that had washed away with all the rain.

BTW, these 5 apple trees are doing great!

Can you pick them out? hint, there are cages around them.

NEXT:

For Gary: more plumbing & interior walls

For me: finish cedar window shutters, boards have been cut

DAY 29 - Door install

DAY 29 - Door install - kinda

Started and finished staining large entry door with sidelights. The smaller side door was purchased already stained(door company mistake).  The front entry door was stained with Early American Minwax stain and covered with clear polyurethane.   Racing the rain..again.

Side door install proved to be more of a test of nerves than originally thought. But it is in. 

Note: you tube videos are a wealth of information!                                      

 Front entry door was a breeze!

 And then it rained and rained and rained and rained.
                                                            If we get a dry day the sheet metal install will get started.

8/13/16

DAY 20 - Windows in

DAY 20 - Windows in!

Today the windows were installed into the frame. We purchased aluminum frame, double glaze, Low e, argon fill, clear windows from Home Depot. After pickup, haul, loading and unloading twice and installation we ended up with one crack. It may not be the last. Some adjustment was made to the large window height due to the framing which lowered them slightly. They will still be 22"+ above the floor.

Now that installation of the windows is complete we wait for the order of exterior sheet metal. Here is the color we chose. We anticipate installation in about 2 weeks.

Next: in a few days we will install the doors. This is the side door.   The front door has two side windows.

DAY 9 - Chimney Delivery - Cupola Completion

Day 9 (its been a slow week-we are not in a hurry) Yesterday, the support beam was installed. The installation of the underground plumbing will start today and the cement pour will start in 3 days. (All approximations!)

 BUT,

Today we received delivery of the chimney parts!  We will need them in the next week or so when the roof is installed.  We are using 6" SuperPro Cathedral Ceiling support, 6" x 48" Class-A chimney pipe, Guardian 304 Stainless steel (5/8" mesh) chimney cap, 6" Champion stainless storm collar and vented roof flashing. The cast iron oven will be installed in the living area that will have a cathedral ceiling.


In addition to the Chimney, the handmade cupola will be installed as well.


My talented husband designed and fabricated the cupola. He made the wood frame, painted and installed reclaimed aluminum panels on two side walls. We purchased 36x24 end-louver flush mount vents for the other two side walls and topped it off with a very nice copper deer weather vane. Some final finishing will take place this week.

His lovely wife painted the flat aluminum star so it looks 3d. There are two, one on either side of the cupola.