Friday, March 6, 2009

Today's house news. (Really. Too tired to think of a better title.)

Here's the house. The roof is complete except for that south side of the garage. We were planning on plumbing for solar hot water and solar panels in the future, but now it looks as if just the plumbing will be too expensive.

The guys built the exterior window trim in the comfort of their shop at home, then installed them today. I like them a lot. The notches mimic the notches in the headers on the dormers and the rafter tails. (We're apparently still fighting the county on having to enclose the eaves, but that's a story I don't want to get into.)

This is the backside of the house, this time with window trim, roof and skylights installed. The house is dry inside! That means that the guys laid down a layer of protection over the floor, and the subcontractors can come in on Monday. That'll be electrical and the spray foam insulation for the ceilings. Once that's done, the drywall can be put up. Exterior siding was ordered today and should arrive sometime next week. Things are really cooking now!

This is the garage/laundry room/my future printing studio. We'd like to build a carport on the side of the garage so that both cars and my printing equipment have dry places to live.

Spring is springing! That's Art & Ann's house in the background.

I'm pretty sure our neighbor will be happy to see some warmer weather.

2 comments:

Craig Dick said...

I think your house is looking GREAT!!!!
Craig

Spray Foam Roofing said...

Spray Foam Roofing is a common word used in the building industry, but still not as readily used in our market. There are typically 2 types of spray foam used today. One is an open cell foam insulation and the other is a closed cell foam insulation.