Ready for inspection

Another week down.....I have no idea how many more to go.

Thomas got the house wired for sound, TV and internet this week. Here is a picture of where one of the speakers will go.

The T.V. will be placed above the fireplace and here is a shot of the hidden wires.

Another photo of the fireplace as it goes through the second floor. Wish we had enough money to put in a second story fireplace but we are over budget on the first one.

We have inspection on Monday and the shower pan had to be completed before inspection. Here is our future shower holding water and ready for inspection.

Here is a picture of our barrel ceiling. Our drywall contractor needed some additional support so our framer was given another job to do this week. I have a feeling he will think twice about framing a house with a barrel ceiling again.

Even with the added job of the ceiling they did get the entire house sheeted and....

all the pocket doors framed in and....

made some progress on the girls' decks

I guess this is the other deck. I am not sure what Quinn is mad about but he sure doesn't look happy.

So next week we hope to pass inspection and move on to insulation and sheet rocking!

Forward progress

Wow....this house is really moving along. Our framers have been working their tails off with the better weather this week.

The plumber finished his rough in last week. I was spoiled with an outdoor faucet that has hot and cold water. I had never heard of such a thing...who needs hot water outside? I guess that new puppy of ours is going to be happy about her warm hose downs.

 Oh that Avie, she is quite the character. Here she is trying out the new shower.

The framing is getting finished up for the most part. Here are the girls' secret closets. I didn't realize what these were going to look like, but they turned out pretty cute.

More framing pictures. This is Avie's future room...for the most part all of the house is done being framed except for a few little things. It looks great!

Heating and cooling was also put in this week and is ready for inspection.

While digging the foundation Thomas ran into quite a big tree stump. But it was far enough away from the house that he left it. Big mistake! That stump was in the way of where we are going to set the two heat pumps. Poor Thomas was left to his ax to get rid of that stump, since he can't get the backhoe on that side of the house. He finally got it out and we are ready for some concrete.

Electrical is being roughed in as well. These guys are great! I had no idea how many decisions revolved around where to put lights and how many we need. I am really glad I have an experienced electrician to walk me through this.

The easiest decision with this house has been the roof. I picked Harvard Slate. I figured that was the closest I was ever going to Harvard.

Finally...this is the house. The changes are really started to be noticed and I am getting more and more excited. I have even started doing a bit of shopping for the house.
Next week should be done with our inspections and ready for dry wall!

Thatched

Yep....record rain has put us behind but we finally have a roof!!!

Our plumbing rough in was also completed. Due to layoffs at the county that they will only do one inspection for plumbing, electrical, HVAC and framing. Unfortunately that means our plumber who lives 3 hours away and is going to have to come down for an extra trip.

Our future jetted tub is now framed in.

The next exciting part is that our fireplace is making some definite progress. Here's Jim and he is meticulous in his work. We came up one day and he had taken half of it down. I guess there was something he didn't like. Anyways....it looks great! I can't wait to make our first fire this fall!

Here is another shot of the fireplace.

So even though we've had our setbacks....things are coming along!! Electrical and HVAC would be installed next week.

I can see clearly now, the rain has gone....

We had record rain for the month of March. The framers have been working at a snail pace in the cold and rain. Not to mention unable to work on the roof because of safety issues.
With a few days of good weather and long hours they have definitely made some progress. 

Grandma Donna came to visit this weekend and to see how the house is coming along.

The roof is on and will hopefully be felted early next week.

We met with the electrician this week for our walk through. It's pretty exciting and a little stressful to be starting on these new tasks.

Our plumber, Brian, was here this week and roughed in most of the plumbing.

We also saw some progress on the fireplace. This thing is huge but I think it will look really great when it's done.

Finally....I just have say how thankful we are for the wonderful contractors that we have working with us. From the moment we started this project we have been blessed with the best people to work with, starting with our loan officer to our building suppliers and contractors. It has made this difficult process much easier knowing that we have great people guiding us.