In the following photograph you see the start of framing – building the walls of the house. They build the walls in sections, flat on the floor and then stand them up when they are finished.
In the meantime, we had another Wednesday meeting with the builder and architect. Days since we moved a wall: 7. A lot of talk about bathroom fixtures and doors. Boy are doors expensive — makes me wonder whether people really need doors on the bedrooms and bathrooms.
We also looked at the basement door which will be two steps below ground level. We picked a place for an exterior faucet to use as a foot wash. Because the plumbing will run through the concrete, we need to have a shutoff and open it up during the winter to avoid freezing, but we have always done that in our previous houses so it is a non-issue.
As you can see in the picture, they have back filled in the dirt around the foundation. But we will have to leave it as is until next Spring, when we can start doing some planting.
Windows show up on June 9th, but they will stay in storage until we are ready to install them. Good to know that we will not have to wait for them. Basement door comes a week later for us to decide whether we like it or not.
Oh, we also made one very important decision — whether to put the toilet flush handle on the right side or the left side. We voted for the left side (standing in front of the toilet looking at it) since that is more common and it is what we have now. And speaking of the toilet, the toilet paper will come over the top and not go around the back and under (yes, we are one of “those” people).
And by “those” people, you would mean people without cats. Because you would be just crazy to do it that way if you had a cat. Unless of course you like all of your toilet paper conveniently unrolled on the floor for you to use.