Geothermal Trenching

A quick break in the weather was cause for celebration and 1200' of water piping! The HVAC contractor was finally able to trench in the loops for the geo system; and then it snowed 6 inches the next day. Talk about just in time.

Basement Stairs & Arches

Even more trusses

Main floor completed

With today's progress finishing off the garage, the main floor framing is completed.



Floor trusses for the 2nd floor have already been placed on top of the main floor.

Interior Walls? Check.

The week's worth of work ended with the completion of all interior walls on the main level. According to the builder, next week we'll see the garage framed up and the 2nd floor.

Exterior Walls? Check.

All of the exterior walls were completed today and the interior walls in the master bed started.

Boy what a difference a day makes...

9/12 - Boy was it exciting to see walls! They made it all the way across the front and around to the back of the master bedroom.



The back great room wall is laying on top of the subfloor.

Got a floor... let's dance

09/11 - All of the subfloor was laid today and they had already started building the window headers and marking off some of the exterior walls.





Stacks of plywood, 2x4's, and 2x6's

Floor Joists and Steel beams!

Main beam and support posts looking out towards the back with a view of the stair opening.

Bring on the Wood!

First evidence that it actually takes wood to build these suckers!

Even MORE concrete!

The basement at this point is pretty much finished. You can see the garage walls have been poured and backfilled with rock.



Water sealer has been applied to the walls (the black goopy stuff.)

More Concrete!

Porch Footings:


Garage Footings:

Concrete!

It's time to break ground!

Pictures are worth a thousand words or so, so here you go: