Day 43 - Heating/Cooling Ducts

They delivered the shingles today and put in the initial heating/cooling ducts.  I saw most of the first floor is complete and a lot of the upstairs as well.  Lots of heat vents and cold air returns.  I believe we have more duct work tomorrow then fireplace install and roofers to install shingles on Friday.  We love our new home.

Forgot to take a picture of the garage door down in the daylight.

Ducts running through the garage into our master bedroom.

I noticed this hole peaking through in our rafters (far top West corner).

Air return in the loft area upstairs.

Cord handing down in the basement.  I'm pretty sure it's for the thermostat.

Lots of duct work running through the kitchen.



Thermostat wire in the great room right before the kitchen.

Day 42 - Doors, Windows, Garage Door, & Roof

Another fun day of updates to the house today.  They put all of the windows in and we tested everyone of them.  The house looked so nice from the front with the windows, doors, and garage door.  I think it's going to fit in perfectly with the neighborhood.

Noticed a few items that were cause for concern.  There were several spots on the basement walls denoting some water leaks.  Also I found two spots on the room that had some tears in the tar paper.

ALERT: only the 2nd time we take the dog to the house and this time she takes a crap in the middle of our new kitchen.

The house looks great.

Front porch.

Here are the keys to our back sliding door.

Here is the bar-top peninsula.

Coco pooped in the kitchen!

The window seat is looking very large.

Right upper corner below the window seat.

Tear #1 in the roof.

Wondering why there is insulation already in the master bath?

We had a couple of visitors today.

Tear #2 in the roof.

Look of the stairs coming up from the basement.

Basement stairs.

Day 41 - Framing day #4

Another day of progress today with the frame for the ceilings and trusses going up.  We also had stairs to the basement although they were suspended and not attached at the bottom.  Today was the first day that we were not as excited.  We were so spoiled from the 9ft ceilings on the first floor and basement that we forgot the upstairs was standard height.  We picked that and knew what we were in for but the rooms are still a great size.  Our FM told us that the roofers have been rescheduled for Friday (9/29) but should not affect anything else - just a scheduling conflict with another job.

Jefferson dropped his ball down in the basement yesterday so we were able to go retrieve it today.  Again we had visitors from the neighborhood and gladly showed them around.  Everyone has been very impressed with the craftsmanship and our selection of layout.  Way to go Wayne Homes and us.  I'm not sure when the windows and exterior doors will be going up but they are all sitting in the garage.

It's really coming together.

Jefferson isn't a fan of the water spot from days of the hose leaking the last couple of weeks.

This nook is screaming wrestling mat!

This is the nook under the window seat in the basement.  Maybe a bar?

View from the wrestling room.

Cathedral ceilings in the dining room.  This room is going to be amazing with so much natural light.

The loft is now a staging area for them to finish the roof.

You can see that the roof seems a lot lower than the first floor.  (perception is everything and it's much more important on the first floor)

Cathedral ceiling view from upstairs.

Nice angled shot of us in the master bedroom with me standing on a stack of plywood.

View from the backyard.

Day 39 - First Lunch

While there was no work done today on the weekend we had our first meal in the new house - pizza picnic.  It was nice to have some family visitors over to show them the house.  It was raining but that didn't stop us.

Day 38 - Framing day #3

Lots more progress today with the upstairs started - only the roofs are remaining.  I hope the house doesn't stick out too much with it's height.  The upstairs rooms are bigger than we expected but the bathrooms seem smaller.

Talked with our FM and he provided me with the following schedule:

• 9/21 - Finish framing
• 9/22 - Shingles being delivered
• 9/23 - Roofers coming to do the roof; garage door installation; AC/furnace roughing
• 9/24 - AC/furnace roughing
• 9/25 - Fireplace install
• 9/28 - Plumbing
• 9/29 - Electrical walk through with electrician (need to ask him about running speaker wire)
• 9/30 - Finish electrical
• 10/1-10/2 - Inspections
• Next steps: Concrete poured and cut; trades back to do the downstairs bathroom

Documenting some questions we had:

• When does the siding go on? - after the concrete is poured and cut
• We noticed the external doors delivered were off-white, do those get painted? - Yes
• Are the stairs part of the framing scheduled to complete by 9/21? - Yes
• Are there locks put on doors immediately after installation? - No, those go on later
• Can we set aside a date for me to run speaker wire along with Coax and Cat5? - Yes



Stairs going up but not down yet.

Stairs are working.

View from the loft.

He likes his new bedroom.

Jefferson building in his bedroom closet.

She loves her new walk-in closet.

Master bedroom is huge.

Master bathroom.