It's May -- How is your build progressing?
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It's May 2013! How is your build progressing?
Comments (140)Finally some progess to share! We have our copper roofs on all the dormers and our first coat of stucco is complete. They are starting the stone next week. They have finished hanging the drywall and they are taping and mudding! So excited with how the coffered ceilings turned out as well as some of the other detailed ceilings! Trim should be starting by middle of next week! Of course we are leaving for a little summer holiday up to the lake and couldn't be planned at a worse time! Here's a few pictures! Clayton...See MoreIt's May- How is your build progressing?
Comments (66)Looks like May has come to a close. We are officially moved in, and the old house (which we refer to as "The Big House"), is all cleaned and keys turned over to new owner. :-) Need I say I'm exhausted!! But we are so very pleased with our new home and the location. Now the job of putting everything away, and getting organized. We gave many rooms of furniture to the new owners of the Big House, but we're still finding it difficult to find a place for everything. Garage is a sea of boxes. On a very positive note, the geothermal system is working great. It was 90 degrees with high humidity here yesterday, but it was cool and comfortable in the house. We have the thermostat set at 70 during the day, and 64 at night. Has no trouble keeping up with these stiffling temps and humidity. The unit is also extremely quiet. The only issue still remaining is our front door. It's a mission style, 8 foot fiberglass door with mission glass. The stain color just seems off to me, and not consistent. I'm suspicious he used regular stain instead of gel stain. I've already had him refinish it once, and I'm reluctant to have him do it again. I've sent a note to the builder that I'm not too happy with the door. At the Big House, we had a stained fiberglass door at our back entrance that was perfect, so I know it can be done. Keeping my fingers crossed the builder comes up with a good solution. Good luck to those of you still under construction....See MoreIt's May 2012 - How's Your Build Progressing?
Comments (73)Finally have started to be installed, and I'm excited to finally have some photos to share. More in the album I just created on Photobucket, but I will drop a few into the post here: Bookcases and windowseat in library. The seat has shelves in front and storage behind. Also in the library are cabinets, TV/media space, and more shelves: Kitchen cabinets are in. There is a spot for cookbooks at the end of the peninsula. Wood will wrap around the peninsula. Stove with vent hood above it goes on the back wall. Some of the mud/utilty/laundry room cabinets are in: View of the living area and kitchen from the master bedroom showing the 5" oak floors: Going on Monday to template the granite and they hope to install that at the end of next week. Here is a link that might be useful: Our house pics...See MoreIt's June 2013--how's your build progressing?
Comments (12)Well, I never thought this day would come. I am actually posting about our progress in building our dream house. We have been busy clearing the site and preparing for the dig to begin. Last week we had 4.5" of rain in two days. I'm really glad we hadn't dug it in yet. We managed to locate a custom sawmill who agreed to cut up the red oaks we harvested from our site. We are having them cut into hardwood flooring. Once the sawyer is done we then need to have them trucked to the mill for kiln drying, planning, sanding, and milling. The whole process is supposed to take a little less than 4 months. Our contractor told us he'd never had anyone do this before, but the timeframe was acceptable and he gave us his blessing to continue. Here is the picture of some of the trees on the way to the sawmill... We had a total of 15 logs, all 10.5' long and anywhere from 30" to 16" in diameter. I'm not sure how many board feet we'll have... care to guess???? Here they are on the road. Take my word for it, that is a truckload of hard work right there... More later... stay tuned. Saftgeek-...See Morecslaughter27
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