Week 14 - October 20-26, Part 2

October 26th, The Brickwork is Dry

garage front

front door

close up of stacked brick at front door

side view

Week 14 - October 20-26, Part 1

October 22 & 23
This week we added the beginnings of the central vacuum, the back door, and the fireplace and entertainment center walls. However the eight foot wall is too big and will have to be cut down to 7 feet....sorry Tom!

Here's what the "hide a hose" looks like in the ceiling. The vacuum hose will be sucked up into the walls and ceiling and can be pulled out when you want to use it.

The white box is where the hose can be pulled out to use for vacuuming. I will have 3 of these in the house, this one is in the doorway of Den's walk-in closet and can reach all of the laundry room, the master bath, the master bedroom , and the mud rooom. There is another one in the hallway coming from the garage and it reaches Den's study, the mudroom and the kitchen. The last one is in the hallway of the guest bedrooms and is longer so that it reaches the bedrooms as well as the living and dining areas.

Den is measuring the fireplace/entertainment wall...it is too tall and Tom will need to cut it down to 7 feet. You can see the fireplace on the left side....it is see thru, so it is visible from the dining room, the kitchen and the living room.

The back door is finally in!

Week 13 - October 13-17, Part 3

October 13-17.....The electricians have started....it will take them awhile....

the boxes....

the ceiling lights....

the switches.....

Week 13 - October 13-17, Part 2

October 13-17 .... The bricklayers have started.....

they started on the garage.....


here's the foreman...and his brick hauling equipment.

the kitchen corner....

the view from the hill.....

Week 13 - October 13-17, Part 1

October 13-17.....The doors go in....

This is the front door from the inside...

the back door is just sitting in the garage...it won't go in right away....I don't know why....

here is the garage door.....

the "tinners" have been working all week on duct work and vents.

Week 12 - Friday thru Sunday, Oct 10-12

Friday, October 10 and Sunday, October 12
Sigman Heating and Cooling has been in to start work....here they cut the holes for the heat vents...

here is another set

On Sunday, Den and Gary decided to do some more work on the wall.

It is still not quite finished, but getting closer....

Week 12 - Wednesday, Oct 8

Wednesday, October 8

The plumbing fixtures are going in

Here is Den's whirlpool bath...

Here is my shower...the empty spot between the shower and the tub will be a bench for sitting.

the copper pipes are going in....I think this is the laundry room....

Here is the pipe that goes out to the backyard faucet.

Week 12 - October 6 - Windows inside

Monday, October 6....Part 1 The Windows Inside

the bay windows....don' t you just love 'em?

the clerestory windows in the dining room.....

The sliding door in our bedroom.....

the garage windows....

Week 12 - October 6 - The Kitchen

Monday, October 6th....Part 2, The Kitchen......

the kitchen window.....

the island.....it's not really here yet....just the drawing on the floor.

the cooktop and corner cabinets.....

the pantry and refrigerator....

Week 12 - October 6 - Windows outside

Monday, October 6th....Part 1.....the Windows Outside....




the front view....

the side view.....

the back view....

the other side....

Week 11 - October 1 - The Stairs

Wednesday, October 1 - Part 1 The Stairs

Amy is standing in the doorway to her "suite" at the bottom of the stairs.

This view shows the staircase from the basement sliding door looking in.

This view shows the staircase from Den's workroom side of the basement looking out toward the back yard.

And now you can look up the stairs from Amy's "suite".

Week 11 - October 1 - Doorways

Wednesday, October 1 - Part 2
The Doorways

This is the framework for the pocket door for our Master Bedroom.

This shows the framework for the pocket door for the laundry room.

This is the framing for the short wall that will be at the front door. It will butt up next to the kitchen cabinets on one side and form a short "foyer" on the other.



This shows the framing for the short wall in the living room. It helps form the bay window on one side and the exit to the patio on the other.