The rest of the roof went on today! The roofers will show up to waterproof it tommorrow, I think. The next step is to finish the framing and then install the windows. Our carpenter told me today he thinks they'll only need about another week or so...it's pretty unbelievable. Richie is in the Netherlands, and I can't wait for him to come home and see all the progress on the house.

Ready to Roof!

On Friday, the wall between the main house and the flat-roofed "annex" was framed. Tomorrow, the roof goes on and wowee, it's almost a house!! Things have really gone quickly the last two weeks...stay tuned for more.

Going up!

Lots of progress since the last post: the steel is welded and the walls are going up. The roof is supposed to go on this Friday! Today, we chose the cedar siding.

Also, here's a picture of the house from the air, and one from the river.

We're above ground!

Finally, we have recovered from the deep hole we dug.  This has been a busy week for the crew.  Floor joists, flooring, and the start of the steel assembly.  The second picture is of our roof, right now laying the the front yard.  Can't wait to see that get assembled.

Flying Friday Night

What a gorgeous night!  I went for a fly and drifted over Walnut Bank so here are a couple of shots.  The basement looks great, at least as great as a concrete hole can look.  If you look close, you can see our awsome neighbor Lauren standing on her back porch (house to the right of ours).

(reminder: click on the pics to see them LARGE)

Moat be gone

Big progress today! The excavator "back-filled" the dirt around the new foundation. The dirt now goes all the way up to the walls, and the huge piles are gone so we can see what the yard will look like. My (Laura's) current project is rescuing stones from the dirt so I can make a dry stream bed running from the house to the river to direct run-off and prevent erosion. It's something to do...

Radiant Heat

Here is the pex tubing for the radiant heat going in.  (It's shown half done in this picture).  Laura and I put it in Thursday in about 3 hours.  It's the biggest task that 'we' are doing prior to taking over after the shell is complete.  It went well.  Next the floor will get poured, then backfill early next week.  Then the real fun begins.