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The Dream is almost a reality. |
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Dream House Web Log |
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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 460 Sept. 22, 2006
Painting the inside of the side door. And Brian is working on repairing a window frame to last until the warranty replacement arrives. Brian has also installed the final door hardware on the front door. We have also installed the doorbell button which came out really cool.
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Construction Day 459 Sept. 21, 2006
Brian is building frames for the speaker screens in the downstairs rotunda. Daniel is sewing the screens to mount to the frames. |
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Construction Day 458 Sept. 20, 2006
We are working of small projects and painting the inside of the front door. |
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Construction Days 450-457 8 Days Sept., 2006
Plenty of progress happening. Brian has completed the eight box units that will be shelves in the rotunda. He has installed the final door hardware on the front door. He is also unfortunately back to repairing windows that are rotting away. The manufacturer says they will be covered under warranty, but it will still take months to get the replacement windows made and installed. He is cleaning the garage in preparation for the electrical final inspection.
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Construction Day 449 Sept. 14, 2006
Brian is almost finished with the built-in rotunda display cabinets. While working on them, Brian uncovers Daniel's plan to hang Brian in the walls and brick him in. |
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| Daniel is painting and painting. He took the front door down to paint the inside of the door. He is painting the shelving units for the rotunda. | |||
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Construction Days 443-448 6 Days August, 2006 |
We are working hard on such damn detail work. What a pain in the
ass. Brian is working on installing closet doors and then trimming them out. He is also working on building the shelving niches in the rotunda. In his free time, Brian is installing curtain rods so we can begin to cover windows and block the sun so carpet can be installed. Daniel, in the meantime, is masking, masking, masking and priming, painting, and painting. He is also still moving the truckload of sand to the various areas that need a little fill. In the spare time, Daniel is sewing curtains for the windows. |
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Construction Day 442 August 18, 2006 |
Brian is installing the pantry doors in the kitchen while Daniel is sewing curtains for the kitchen window. | ||
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Construction Day 441 August 10, 2006
While Brian had the front door down to fabricate the trim for it, Daniel finally RE-painted the front door a different shade of red. We both worked on a bit more painting of the trim for the windows in the garage, too. |
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Construction Day 440 August 8, 2006
The electricians return to finish everything for the inspection. The hot tub is electrified and only needs water. The doorbell rings. And the lights are installed in the garage. |
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August 7, 2006 NOTE: The day before the electricians return for trim out and to finalize everything, Brian discovers the cause of short-circuiting in the second bedroom. Apparently, we both missed it when the drywall crew covered over an electrical outlet. Brian cut the drywall and freed the outlet. No more problem with shorts. |
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Construction Day 439 August 2, 2006 |
Still moving sand. Still installling trim for closets. Still painting trim. Still building shelves. Still putting up baseboard. | ||
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Construction Day 438 August 1, 2006 |
Brian continues to work on fabricating the built-in shelves for the rotundas while Daniel paints trim and shelf sections as they are completed. | ||
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Construction Day 437 July 29, 2006
Still cutting and putting up trim on the closets throughout the house. |
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Construction Day 436 July 25, 2006
Brian is creating and installing the trim for the entryway closets. |
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Construction Day 435 July 22, 2006 Brian is starting to work on the rotunda display shelves because we need the top section in place for the electrician to complete the low voltage lighting system. Each shelf unit has to be custom created and it is very time consuming. Daniel is finishing up with the painting of interior doors and most of the trim around the doors. I am also wondering if there will ever be pictures of the progress posted? |
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Construction Day 434 July 21, 2006 |
Daniel is moving sand and cooling down by painting interior doors. Brian is working on several different projects including prepping to install a replacement window that was delivered under a warranty issue. | ||
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Construction Day 433 July 20, 2006 |
Daniel is shoveling and moving sand in unbearable heat. Brian is trimming out the closet doors upstairs. In preparation for putting down carpet, we are also installing some curtain hardware and curtains upstairs to cut down on the sun coming in and fading everything. | ||
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Construction Day 432 July 19, 2006 |
We received another dump truck load of sand to begin filling in some low areas of the yard. While Daniel is shoveling and barrowing, Brian is working on completing the baseboard cutting and mounting in the house. The baseboard will still need to be puttied and sanded and painted (second coat). | ||
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Construction Day 431 July 18, 2006 |
Still working on baseboard trim. Still priming interior doors. | ||
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