Monday, May 7, 2012

Deliveries and Digging 

The boat is no more. A single chain connected the boat to the backhoe.

Smash that boat.

Delivering the pavers.

Jason helps lay brick. 

The stepping stones are laid in a pattern similar to the bricks. 

The pendons in the kitchen.

Finished tile floor in the main bathroom>

Finished laminate wood floor in the hallway. 

The front stepping stones and pavers.

Alex helping with the pick axe. 

Two new friends. 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Ordering Materials & Flooring 

digging a hole for plumbing.

John and I at ruston brick. These will be the bricks for the pavers. 

A trip to century ready mix 

The bathroom tile.

Laying down the laminate wood floor.

 Steve looking photogenic 

Laying the soft pad before the wood laminate goes down. 

Monday, April 23, 2012

Drywall & Porch 

Priming the trim for the front porch.

 The hardie panels are all nailed into place. Using a nailing pattern gives the panels continuity.

B-board is installed for the porch ceiling. 

The final piece of B-board is secured (notice the time change in the shadows from the first picture; it took some time to get this one right) 

 The blue paint begins 

Drywall around the soffit  

The kitchen 

Hallway looking into the boys' room

The clear story in the mom's room.

The attic entry.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Encana & Siding 

The house at the beginning of the day. 

 Allen securing a braket to the footing 

John cutting the siding with a cement blade 

Encana volunteers begin to put up more lap siding.

Special cuts are made to fit around piping and electrical boxes on the outside of the house.

Later these openings will be calked around the edges to create a tight seal. 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Insulation and Siding 

The windows are taped off preventing insulation from sticking to them. 

Insulation is sprayed between every stud.

Holes for electrical boxes and piping are left open.

Insulation fills any gap between the rafters. 

Trellis brackets

The hardie lap siding starts to go up.

The house at the end of the day on Tuesday.