Siding Pictures...Finally!

Look at all those wires!

As promised, here are the pictures of the siding. The progress is slow and steady, but we were able to get two solid days of work in. Trav and I put siding up on Thanksgiving, and his dad helped him out today. You might also notice that all the trash around the house is gone. A big thanks to Trav's mom for picking up trash all day...it looks so much nicer now! The electrician will be done on Tuesday, so hopefully we can get insulation in by the end of next week. He's doing a great job and putting in all the little extras. There are lights in the stairway that are on an eye sensor, so when you walk down the stairs, the lights on the stairs will illuminate. So cool!

Another Quick Update

So, Travis and I have somewhat defined roles when it comes to building this house. He does all the work, and I take the pictures. Well, I forgot the camera today, so I had to help out in other ways. We put up a whole lot more siding today. I would cut the board, and Travis would nail it up. It felt like we had a great system down and really got a lot done, but we still have so much more to do. Seeing more siding put up also makes me really happy about our color choices. I will try to get out to the house this week and take pictures so you all can see what I am talking about:)


We also have three fully functioning garage doors (thanks to Trav's dad). Travis is meeting the electrician at the house tomorrow and he said that he will be done in three or four days! He is also meeting with an insulation guy tomorrow to get a quote. If all goes as planned, which it usually doesn't, we could be putting sheetrock up in a couple of weeks.

SIDING!!!

Travis started putting some siding up today, and I think it looks AMAZING! I am so glad the weather is cooperating so that we can continue to work on the outside of the house. The roofers did finish up yesterday, and we are so glad that we hired someone else to do it because it looks so nice. The last picture shows the furnace again. I mostly just took the picture because it is so dark in the crawl space, and I just wanted to see what was back there:) Travis works a crappy shift tomorrow, so he won't be able to work on the house, so don't expect any updates for a couple of days.

My update...or lack of one

This picture is from last Tuesday, so I haven't been doing a very good job on updating the blog. We've been out to the house a couple of times since then, but I feel like I have already taken pictures of everything. The HVAC guy and plumber are both pretty close to being done and the roofers finished up today. Pretty soon, we can have the electrician in, then next thing you know, it is going to be insulation and sheet rock.

It is sort of funny to go back and read what I wrote and to see how off our timeline has become, so don't take my word on how soon insulation and sheetrock will happen. Travis read one of my earlier posts that said the concrete guy would be done in 9 days...I was way off!

Lap Band and More

Lap band (thicker trim piece on the back of the house)

More lap band (some pieces don't match as they still need painted)

Shingling the hips of the roof

A close up of the hips.

Travis has today and tomorrow off work, and the next trim work that needed to be done was the lap band. This is a two person job, so I actually took this afternoon off to help and we will finish up tomorrow. We got out to the house at about 1:00 and there were lots of people working away.

The roofers had finished all the shingles and started on the peaks. They said they should be done tomorrow. The shingles that go over the ridges are some of the thickest ridges that they have put up. They nail through 5 layers! They tend to stick up a bit more, but it really defines all the "hips" on our roof. We won't really know how well all the shingles will sit on the roof until next spring when the tar can really seal, but as for right now, it looks great!

The HVAC guy and plumber were also working today. The HVAC guy will be gone tomorrow, but will have help the rest of the week, so he should be done fairly soon. We also anticipate the plumber being done this week too.

Work, Work, All Day Long

The HVAC guy was working again today. That's a "trunk" hanging from the ceiling. There are a whole bunch of holes in the floor for all the vents.

Here's the furnace in the crawl space.

Travis had the past two days off from work, but he definitely didn't take any time. He managed to get all the windows trimmed out. It was quite the task to do the windows on the second floor. It takes so much time to go up and down the ladder. Yesterday made it even more difficult with the wind blowing like crazy. There is still more trim to do. There is a thicker band that goes around the middle of the back of the house and then all the outside corners. The roofers were also working today too. There is just one fairly small section left for them to do and then they have to do the ridges. It's looking really good, I'm just hoping the weather stays half way decent for another month (two would be nice, but that's probably asking for too much!)

Venting the Fireplaces

There's one fireplace pipe vented, but what's behind it???

Yep, that is Travis' head. We like to preach safety first, hence the safety goggles when sticking your head out of the roof:)

Look Mom, no hands (just a rope, harness, etc.). Travis climbed back up on the roof to put the caps on the fireplace pipes that we vented out on Saturday. We still need to cut the front pipe down so it isn't so tall, but they still look pretty cool. We may still paint them black so that they blend in better, but we will see.