Here is the current state of the construction. The first photo is from my usual picture taking spot. You can see that more of the Zip-R siding material has been added. From the left you see:

  • the kitchen windows (the kitchen sink will be under the right end of the window)
  • the door into the pantry
  • the pantry window, which will be over the chest freezer
  • the main entrance
  • the window in the front hall
  • and the window in the master walk-in closet (which does not have siding yet)

The walls to the master bedroom have to wait for the second floor to be finished because the master bedroom has a cathedral ceiling so the walls go up into the second floor space.

This second photograph was taken standing in the kitchen to be looking south. You can see that the floor of the second floor has been started over the living room. The gap straight ahead (over the table piled with wood) is where the stairs up will go.

Here is the river view from today. The water level is still very high and more rain is predicted for tomorrow.

No walls were moved this week. The architect did look at the kitchen window opening and thought that they were too high (although they are properly placed according to the plans), but after thinking about this later, we realized that it was intentional to have a decent sided backsplash and to keep the tops of the windows aligned with the dining room windows (just around the corner). And also the architect is short, so of course, the windows seem too high.

Cell reception was very bad today so in the future, we will spare no expense and wire the construction trailer with high-speed fiber optic internet — really. We are committing to a 2 year contract with the town so that same fiber optic cable will be the main internet input for the house, once built.

In two weeks, they will put in the helical supports for the porch. Meanwhile, framing continues as the primary goal right now is to get the house to the point where it is water tight, as fast as we can (but not in time for tomorrow’s storm).

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