September 25, 2024
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 Everything got cooking this week for mechanicals. The plumber finished up yesterday, so the showers/ tub are both installed. Both are modular because tile was a lot of moolah, and I would rather put more money towards the kitchen and less in the bathroom. Ya know? Now we can get the concrete…
September 16, 2024
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 We went to Wayfair over the weekend. I usually spend hours and hours a week on the app browsing everything they have. It’s anything from dishes to couches to window treatments to beds to whatever you can think of to furnish a house. They just opened up their first ever store in…
September 16, 2024
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 We have a roof. Also, Wren broke in her new castle last week. She’s the black blob in the photo above if you zoom in and squint.
September 10, 2024
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 THERE’S SOME HOLES IN THIS HOUSE. When I said I was going to poke holes in the home building process, I didn’t mean literally. hahahah I got a call today that mentioned shingles were delivered since roofing begins tomorrow. With the slope of the roof and the weight of the pallet, it…
September 10, 2024
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 The last two days of offsite have consisted of sheathing and putting in the patio doors (amongst other things). The little cutie patootie dormer also was installed, pictured below. Tomorrow the roofer will start, and that should be complete by next week Thursday. If you were the person in the Village of…
September 5, 2024
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 Today’s focus was sheathing. I’m not 100% sure what else is going on and if I tried to explain I’m sure it wouldn’t be accurate.
September 4, 2024
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 Whew. Today was a incredible. I’ve been sent a lot of photos and videos of offsite construction. But dang, once you see it in person, it is WILD. See time stamped photos for proof. I stopped at the lot before work around 6am and it was just a backfilled lot. Three truss…
September 3, 2024
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 The offsite set is tomorrow! Offsite construction is defined on Google as “any construction activity that takes place away from the final construction site. It can include any or all of the following steps in the construction process: design, manufacturing, fabrication, assembly”. That is really a terrible definition so I put it…