Backfill Completed – Pictures

by J Scott July 13, 2014

Our foundation company was out on Friday and completed the backfill of dirt around the foundation and in the areas that will get concrete slabs. While typically the backfill would be done after the slabs are poured, we had a couple areas that needed to get filled in order to be able to finish the […]

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Watch on Wednesday: Week 4

by Carol Scott July 9, 2014

Watch on Wednesday: Week 4 This Week’s Location: In the back of the lot, behind the dirt piles we will someday call “home.” See the black line on the outside back wall of the foundation? That’s grade–the line to which the dirt will be backfilled and the grass seed planted. Too bad we somehow managed to design a […]

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Schedule Slip

by J Scott July 8, 2014

Unfortunately, it looks like we’ve had our first major schedule slip, just a few weeks into the project. We were hoping to finish foundation work last week, but realistically, we expected it to be this week. Turns out we’re now not scheduled to finish foundation work until mid-next week. That means the framing crew likely […]

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Week 4: Schedule

by J Scott July 7, 2014

My original schedule called for us to be through foundation work and starting on framing by today, but I underestimated the complexity and sheer volume of work it required to get the foundation on this house completed (this is the first time we’ve built a house with a full basement). So, it looks like we […]

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Siding Bid: Jerry’s Siding & Roofing

by J Scott July 6, 2014

I mentioned last week that we’ll be going with Jerry’s Siding & Roofing for the roofing and gutter work. I think I also mentioned that we’ll be using them for the main siding work as well, which will consist of vinyl siding with some PVC trim work. We’ll be using the Certainteed line of vinyl […]

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Waterproofing/Plumbing Inspections Passed

by J Scott July 3, 2014

We had three county inspections yesterday: Waterproofing Exterior Draintile Plumbing Ground Work I was present for the waterproofing and draintile inspections and we passed with flying colors.  And while I haven’t yet seen the inspection sticker, my plumber tells me that we passed the plumbing inspection as well. This means we’re just left with concrete […]

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Watch on Wednesday: Week 3

by Carol Scott July 2, 2014

Watch on Wednesday: Week 3 This Week’s Location: Sitting beside the newly-finished foundation walls, under a gorgeous Japanese maple tree . We paid over $600 to save that tree, but it was worth every last penny. In fact, although it would have ultimately given us a deeper building envelope, we passed on the option to move the driveway […]

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Waterproofing Completed – Pictures

by J Scott July 1, 2014

Our foundation company and our plumbing company had a busy day yesterday. Bartley Corp. completed the waterproofing of the exterior, including putting up drainage board, and also completed the exterior drain tile. When the waterproofing crew left, a truck came in to fill the slab area with stone and gravel in preparation for the basement […]

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Walls Completed – Pictures

by J Scott July 1, 2014

Our foundation company was back bright and early yesterday morning to remove the wall forms. A few hours later, a crane showed up to load the forms onto trucks, and by mid-afternoon, we could see the foundation of our new house. This will be the last big transformation until the slabs are poured next week […]

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Week 3: Schedule

by J Scott June 30, 2014

During Week #2 of construction, we pretty much achieved everything we were hoping to. The footers and walls were poured, which is what we were hoping to accomplish, though we haven’t yet taken the wall forms off. This will happen Monday morning, which should pretty much put us back on schedule. During Week #3, the […]

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Foundation Walls Formed/Poured

by J Scott June 28, 2014

It was a busy day at the build site on Friday. We were hoping to have the foundation walls started on Thursday and completed by Friday, but with some bad weather mid-week and the foundation company being in their busy season, things didn’t really get started until Friday. On Thursday, they dropped off the wall […]

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