Its the weekend and normally we would be out pulling more invasives. But the air quality is very bad because of Canadian wildfires. So no outdoor activities for a while.

We did make a quick visit to the house, however, to check on the progress. At this point, all the windows have been installed except for the south side of the game room. Here is a view of the back (river) side of the house with all the windows in place. (The french door onto the porch is still on order, and no screens have been installed on the porch.)

Work also continues on the garage. At this point they have back filled the foundation and soon they will pour the slab and frame the garage itself. The main garage footprint is exactly the same as before the demolition. However, we added a “shed”, which will be a step up from the garage and from the deck and will be used to store outdoor tables and chairs and/or our trash barrels and/or a bicycle or two.

I actually have a decent, brief construction video of the garage foundation being filled.

Here is a recent view of the river from ground level, if you have forgotten what it looks like.

When we got to the house this morning, we discovered that it now had a door and that door was locked. There was a lock box, but I did not know the code.

We first searched the construction trailer for clues, but no luck. But then I turned on my phone (it is usually on airplane mode) so I could send a text to the builder, only to discover that he did send a text to me the day before. So now I can access my house.

No new interior pictures this weekend. Nothing has really changed. We did, however, get a chance to inspect the proposed luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring that we have selected. The flooring looks very nice and matches the hardwood that will be in the bedroom wing and upstairs. The LVT, however, has a more textured surface than a smooth finished hardwood. This will make it much less slippery (especially for a dog should we get one), but it will make it trap dirt easier.

Next week’s site meeting is on Monday instead of Wednesday, because on Wednesday Daphne and the architect will go look at cabinets.

Meanwhile, Daphne is doing landscape design. I will probably write a story page about that process.

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