Year of the House

The framing inspection was completed today, with a big fat seal of approval. We've also picked decking (grey Alcoa Oasis), the structure for the pocket doors is in, the whole front of the house is sided (even though the stupid siding guys left the scaffolding up, blocking the front door), the garage stairs to the basement are done (making the blocked entrance a little bit less of a big deal), and...various other things! Also, the HVAC guys have popped an A/C unit onto our current furnace (but aren't quite finished installing it properly yet), they have the second unit in the ceiling over the walk-in closet in the master bedroom, the electrician put up our new porch light, wired the dining room sconces to the existing switch inside the house, and did a whole load of other work this weekend (he was at the house Saturday AND Sunday!), with two other guys.

Word is, they may start banging on the deck in the next few days -- might I have a deck for the weekend? Maybe next weekend even?

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Why haven't we been posting? You might ask yourself this question. Well, because around the time they broke ground, the whole project had really started to feel like a Jewish baby shower. You know, you're really not supposed to make plans or 'celebrate' as such until the baby's born and home.

That's kind of how the whole early process made me end up feeling.

However, I feel that way no more. As of today, we have a roof, windows, a garage floor, rough plumbing, and rough electrical. WHEEEE.

There's a slew of photographic evidence on Rich's Flickr, but I'll go over the highlights here.

First, at the end of January, the guys took down the fence and the old deck. It was a really warm winter here, for the most part, so they didn't have much trouble.

Shortly after that, in early March, the digging for the footings and foundation began.

Within a few weeks, the walls started going up.

By late April, the roof trusses were going in...

...and the six Guatemalan roofer guys tossed off the old shingles and put on a whole new roof in a single day.

At the same time, the builders were continuing work inside, framing up all the interior walls.

And by the first week of May, the windows had all been installed.

The new hot water heater was an unplanned but ultimately welcome addition.

For some reason, siding doesn't go on as quickly as roofing...this is two days work.

And today...the garage floor!

So yes, lots is happening. And we'll try to be better about actually keeping up as the interior finish begins.

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