September 9 - The garage is formed. Plastic is down. Steel mesh is in place. Ready for pouring.
September 9 - The front porch deck is formed. Steel decking is in place as is steel mesh and reinforcing rebar.
September 9 - Forms for the porch are braced to the ground. The porch deck will be less than an inch below the top of the subfloor.
September 11 - The front porch slab has been poured. The double forms around the edge are for a brick ledge.
September 11 - The front porch as viewed from the subfloor. Framing material is on site under the white plastic. Framing will begin Monday morning.
September 11 - The garage slab is poured. This view is from the sub floor. Framing materials are visible in the background.
September 11 - The drink can is sitting where the intermediate landing will be built. It will be a couple of steps from the landing to the garage floor.
September 11 - The back lower porch is a couple of feet above the basement floor. It will have columns on it to support the upper deck.
September 11 - The rear porch has 45 degree sides to mimic the back of the house. Forms will come off on Friday.
September 12 - A moderately large pile of framing materials are on site to get the framers started on Monday. First thing, they will lay the remainder of the subfloor then begin building walls. Framing should go pretty quickly.
September 12 - The garage floor looks good. It was scored today to minimize cracks. The forms are down. The drive will be built up to the level of the garage within a day or so. A framed wall will be built around the garage doors.
September 12 - The forms are off the rear patio. It fits neatly between the two 'bay window' jut outs on the rear of the house. The top of the slab is a couple of feet above the basement floor level.
September 12 - This is the edge of the porch slab. It is cut back around the edge for a brick border. The block wall beneath will be covered with brick veneer.
September 15 - Dirt has been spread to fill in beside the house. Stucco will cover the basement walls up to the floor level.
September 15 - The dirt pile is gone. The garage access has been built up to the slab height. A second load of lumber arrived for framing. The chance of rain today is about 90%, so no framing will be done. On the far left past the garage wall, you can see dirt piled in front of the front porch that will be spread later.
September 17 - The main floor sub floor has been completed. Butler pantry walls are being erected on the north end of the house.
September 17 - Walls on the master suite end of the house are being erected. The right side of the photo will have large windows in the openings.
September 17 - This is the view looking out of the master bedroom window. Some of the brush will be cleaned up in the next few weeks.
September 17 - This is the view looking out the sun room window.
September 17 - The walls and materials are visible looking over what was the dirt pile.
September 17, pm - The north wall is being built. The garage wall (on the right) has not been built yet. We had a threat of rain all day, but none materialized.
September 17, pm - The center opening on the tall wall is where the front door will be installed. Windows go on either side.
September 17, pm - The front wall is 12' tall. The other exterior walls are 10' tall. Most of the exterior walls of the main floor were erected today.
September 17, pm - This is the view down what will be the walkway to the front door. The dirt in front of the front porch is not smoothed yet.
September 18 - The exterior garage walls are framed. The door openings will be a good bit lower when the headers are installed.
September 18 - This opening goes into the study. It is right inside the front door.
September 18 - This opening goes into the master suite.
September 18 - When you step in the front door opening, this is the view you will see. The back wall will have sliding glass doors.
September 18 - This is the front porch. At the moment, it is covered with plastic. The front door will be installed in the opening on the left.
September 18, pm - The garage ceiling joists are being installed. They are also the floor joists for the office above the garage. The garage will have two windows on the side closest to the camera.
September 18, pm - This is looking in the front door. The office is to the left. The dining room is to the right. A fireplace will be where the opening in the floor is towards the back of the house.
September 18, pm - This is the view out the master bedroom windows.
September 18, pm - The master sitting room is off the master bedroom.
September 18, pm - The back wall is being sheathed. Window openings are not cut yet.
September 18, pm - The door from the lower level to the back yard goes here. Treated plywood is used for sheathing on the back wall.
September 18, pm - The garage door headers are installed. The floor joists for the office above the garage are being placed.
September 19 - The entrance foyer is being framed. This is looking in the front door opening.
September 19 - The garage ceiling joists are visible from the kitchen area. Camera lens distortion makes the studs look bowed.
September 19 - The butler's pantry has a window overlooking the water.
September 19 - The living room fireplace is being framed. A good many braces are on the framing to insure the walls are plumb.
September 19 - The garage ceiling is high. The far corner will have a small room at the main floor level extending into the garage for a closet and a cabinet.
September 19 - The garage ceiling joists and rim joists are in place.
September 19 - The view from our construction office shows the garage corner of the home.
September 22 - Beams are being installed over the kitchen for the upstairs suite. Lens distortion makes the beams look curved. They are straight.
September 22 - The beam between the living room and sun porch is in place.
September 22 - Plywood sheathing is going up on the walls on the front porch. Plywood on the concrete porch is pressure treated to make it rot resistant.
September 22 - The back of the house is getting pressure treated plywood because it will be covered with stucco. The entrance door is at the far left.
September 22 - The side entrance (that opens to the landing) is being framed.
September 23 - The subfloor over the garage is installed and knee walls are built in preparation for the roof erection.
September 23 - Joists are going in place. Work on the roof system will begin very soon (depending on the weather).
September 23 - The kitchen, laundry and butler's pantry have ceiling joists which also serve as floor joists for the upstairs bedroom. The stairwell is in the lower right corner of the photo.
September 23 - Ceiling joists are installed over the master bedroom and sitting room (in the distance). The walls are plumbed and braced (temporarily). When plywood sheathing is installed, the internal bracing will not be needed.
September 25 - Walls are going up on the upstairs bedroom and bathroom. More plywood sheathing has been nailed on the framing.
September 25 - Ceiling joists are in place over the front foyer and dining room. A scaffold is in place on the left to start roof framing.
September 25 - The South side (master suite side) has more plywood sheathing installed.
September 25 - The West wall (back of the house) is also being sheathed. Windows are not cut out yet. The upstairs bedroom walls are visible at the top of the house on the left side.
September 25 - The subfloor in the foreground is the floor of the room over the garage. The floor in the background is the floor of the upstairs bedroom and bath.
September 25 - This is the view from the room over the garage. It is up in the air.
September 25 - The ceiling joists are visible looking in the front door.
September 26, 10am - The roof is starting to go up!
September 26, pm - Rafters are being placed on the back side of the upstairs bedroom suite. The gable is framed. Plywood sheathing is being installed.
September 26, pm - The rear of the house continues to be sheathed. The rafters over the bedroom suite are clearly visible on the left.
September 26, pm - The south (master suite end) gable is sheathed.
September 26, pm - The front rafters are over the master suite. The dormer is framed. The porch beam is being built.
September 26, pm - This view is from the center of the road. The house is good sized.
September 29 - Rafters are up over the garage. The garage gable is framed. The north gable of the house has plywood sheathing on it. A few rafters are on the front side of the upstairs bedroom suite.
September 29 - Rafters are on the rear of the master suite area on the house. You can also see rafters on the front (far) side of the upstairs suite on the left side of the photo.
September 29 - The porch beams and ceiling joists are in place. Temporary supports are holding the beams.
September 29 - The dormer has rafters. The rafters on the rear of the master suite are also visible as are the porch beams and ceiling joists.
September 30 - The garage end wall is sheathed. The garage rafters are installed. The upstairs suite rafters are in place.
September 30 - Porch rafters are being erected. They will continue up to the center peak which is about 3.5ft higher than the peaks over the upstairs bedroom and master suite.
September 30 - The peaks are visible on the left and right side of the house. The peak in the center is about 3.5ft higher than either side.
September 30 - Work on the stairway has begun. There will be a landing to the right of the stair stringer.