Monday evening framing

The framers continue to amaze us at their hard work and the amount they accomplish each day!

More Big Beams Today - And A Crane

Capitol Crane made an appreance today and placed several beams in the new garage space. The crane operator was dead on in his placement.

More crane work. They were able to move the mess of lumber from yesterday, so Tom is happy.

Monday May 11th

Our big window from the dining room went away today. It actually went all the way around the corner to a wall in the old garage space. We also had a huge load of lumber delivered...sort of. The tilt of the flat bed onto an angle in the yard didn't pan out so well. We ended up with a hugepile of mess. Needless to say, Tom the foreman was not pleased!

After last Friday's delivery of moldy wood, we thought we better let the resident expert check this load. He approved.

The new garage saw some huge progress. Garret and Owen know where the doors will go now and can't wait to see more!

We've Got a Garage Slab!

We left to run some errands and when we returned we had a slab poured. Brendan made it official with our initials. We also put Jameson's initials along with a paw print. J seems to be happy with the progress.



They were able to get a few posts up for the first floor framing on the addition by the end of today. They also tore the ceiling out of the old dining room and living room. Tom thinks that by Tuesday it will be framed, the roof cut away and the floor laid so that we won't see the sky from the old dining room. All in all, it was a good week with an exciting amount of progress. Now if we could just find some matching brick and the perfect exterior paint color...

Beam Us Up!

The large beam that goes between the old garage and the family room went up without too much trouble. This was a big question mark early in the design but Tom, our foreman made it look easy, thanks to his knowledge and great crew.

Wednesday is Full of Action

Today we are tearing out the wall between the old garage and the family room, back filling into the new garage space and old driveway, compacting all the backfill dirt, and building temporary walls in the family room and old living and dining area ... Our huge dirt mountains are quickly becoming small hills. We even talked the driver into taking a "bucket" full of dirt up to our friend's house to fill in an old sink hole. Jameson can't figure out where to go so he's hiding under the computer desk nervously tooting (I know too much info) and Owen staked his spot in the basement and is watching Dora the Explorer to work on his spanish.

Tuesday = Go Time!

Goodbye Garage - Hello Subfloor for the greatroom!

Installing the insulation for the new space.