Forward Progress

Insulation has been added to the house and the septic tank is in place.

Insulation in the two-story family room.

Master Bedroom

Upstairs bedroom.

Looking into the Kitchen

End of the septic tank were the plumber conects it to the house.

Tank locator pipe.

View of the drainage field.

Green With Envy...No, It's Just The Termite Treatment

This week's progress includes adding all of the exterior doors, completing the brick veener, and istalling the fireplace insert.

View of the Kitchen with the termite treatment. The entire first floor is sprayed with this stuff.

The vent-less gas log fireplace.

View of the front with a freshly graded lot, front door, and the brick veneer.

The garage has been back-filled and tamped. I will let the ground settle for a week or two and then poor the floor.

Brick veener on back corner of the house behind the master bedroom.

Side view of garage with entry door.

Close-up of the front door.

Walk out basement with french door.

Back of the house with brick veneer, the back door, and the deck frame.

Continued Progress

The roof was completed Thursday. I used 30 year architectural shingles. All of the windows have been set in place as well. The doors are scheduled to be set Monday.

All rough HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical work was completed last week

2nd floor HVAC ducts and wiring

1st floor HVAC ducts and wiring

2nd floor air-return

2nd floor unit

1st floor air-return and wiring

Master-bath Shower

Master-bath Jacuzzi tub

2nd floor bath/shower

2nd floor sink plumbing

Drain lines in basement

2nd floor HVAC ducts

Kitchen Sink plumbing and wiring

Water line for icemaker and wiring

Powder room sink plumbing and wiring

HVAC ducts in basement

1st floor HVAC unit in basement

Brick Mason working on the front of the house

Follow the "yellow" (or the plantation brown) brick road

While Ken was in Belize(I had no contact with him for 8 days), I played contractor...don't worry all I did was order brick and communicate with the subs. They were very helpful and nice to me.

The day Ken left was the day I got the call that I needed to order brick...okay. I wasn't sure where Ken was even ordering his brick. I looked it up online and found Statesville Brick. Through many calls to the mason & Framer I learned some of the lingo and headed up there with Toby.

We 'got er done'. I picked it out, paid for it, & looked like I was completely clueless, but it must of worked because the brick showed up at the site the next day (Tues) (they told me it wouldn't be there until the end of the week)! You can see it on the garage and the bay window. I ordered 3 cubes--just enough for the garage and the bay window. Ken will have to order the rest.

Looking out of the garage. Finally the house has a garage. The basement has caused this house to move along more slowly--oh and the fact that this is Ken's first house that he has built.

plastic covering the basement wall that we--yes I mean WE-

(Ken, Joyce, Joe & Beth) painted with TAR.

Ta Da!!!! (what our 20 month old would say-only he would be on top of the roof saying it)