We are long overdue for an update… I blame life getting in the way. The visually dramatic phase has finished, but so much has happened since we last posted! As mentioned previously, all the water pieces have been completed, and now all electrical has been finished! Surprisingly, the placement of the potlights was one of the […]
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We got water! (and some other stuff)
Most of this week was spent on framing and HVAC. Bigsy the framer was here Monday through Friday working away, Tuesday and Wednesday the HVAC crew was here cleaning up the Octopus of temporary vents and piping and making everything permanent. We discovered that our cold air return needed to move, again, the plan on […]
Sand Castles and Pipe Dreams
We are now the proud owners of a 840 square foot sandbox! This week the team jackhammered and removed the entire concrete pad in the basement. This phase actually went quite quickly, and was not as dusty as we had imagined. The team started early Monday morning and worked into the afternoon jackhammering the old […]
Making Headway
The final beam was installed this week. This one was to span the support at the back of the house and bottom of the stairs. This work went a little faster, I beleive size helped with that. The same process was followed, scaffolding was put into place, temporary supports were put up to take the […]
New beam, meet old beam
This was an exciting week for progress on the basement!!! On Tuesday, the second beam that will span the width of the house was installed and properly aligned. The two new wood and steel beams were first put in place by temporary scaffolding and then the construction team spent Tuesday cutting out the old beam […]