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 40 - All walls up and roof is on

DAY 40

We have a roof!

Today the 3rd and 4th walls and roof were installed. Next few days will involve installation of the ridge cap, underpinning and more trim.

The front, better known as the "nightware wall" by our builder.  But, they are doing a fantastic job! Thank you Huff Welding.

DAY 38 - Exterior walls - antique barn door hardware

DAY 38

Every day we have rain, lots of rain. Today was first chance to start install of exterior sheet metal. Looks like a good match to the coupala.

Got a great deal on some antique barn door rollers through Instagram! These will be used on door to master bathroom.

8/22/16

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