Dream House Web Log |
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Days 411-430 | |
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The Dream is almost a reality. |
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Watch our progress while we build |
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Construction Day 430 July 15, 2006 |
Brian is completing the installation of the baseboard trim in the upstairs
rotunda. Daniel is painting interior doors. |
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Construction Day 429 June 26, 2006 Carpenter is here, again. Staircase handrail is up. Baseboard in the rotunda is going in and that is the toughest area for trim. |
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Construction Day 428 June 24, 2006
More with the carpenter. Staircase stringer boards are in along with the baseboard trim up the stairs. |
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Construction Day 427 June 23, 2006
We brought the carpenter back to install baseboard. Brian was fine doing it on his own, but this kinda speeds up the process a bit. Daniel is priming interior doors and painting window trim. |
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Construction Day 426 June 22, 2006 Passed final plumbing inspection Solar water heater installation is complete |
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Construction Day 425 June 19, 2006 Plumbers day 2 We have toilets and faucets and a dishwasher, oh my! |
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Construction Day 424 June 16, 2006
Plumber start final trim-out. The plumbers are here to finish everything for the plumbing final inspection. Most importantly, the septic tank is connected and the city water is running. Now we can flush to hearts delight. |
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Construction Day 423 June 12, 2006 |
painting treds, window trims and interior doors. | ||||
Construction Day 422 June 8, 2006
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Painting replacement treads for stairs. priming interiors doors. installing speakers and electrical wires in hot tub room. | ||||
Construction Day 421 June 6, 2006 |
Painting baseboards and window trim. | ||||
Construction Days 417-420 May, 2006 |
installing more inground gutter and drain pipes. | ||||
Construction Day 416 April 24, 2006
We are installing a in-ground gutter drainpipe down the backyard. |
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Construction Day 415 April 22, 2006
In between over-lapping groups of company from out-of-town, we managed to find a day to lay some pipe and install the water line from the street to the house. We are having to run pipe inside pipe to meet code so that's 240' of pipe we laid, today. |
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Construction Day 414 April 14, 2006
Seizing another opportunity to double our efforts, we have had to rent a trencher to dig a new water line from the street to the house. The previous line we ran before breaking ground has been buried too deep after we raised the elevations. We are putting in a few additional trenches for future uses, also. |
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Some cool bird's eye views:
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Construction Day 411 Day 412 Day 413 March, 2006
We are still painting trim and baseboard. Brian is also working on various smaller projects to keep everything moving forward. We have company for a week so we don't expect to get much completed. |
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