Just one main post this week. On the outside they built stairs down into the basement. These will eventually be covered by the deck, and they still need to fill in some gravel. You can see the finished picture in the previous post, but I now have a construction camera video of the work being done. This is cropped to focus on the stairs.
Meanwhile, inside the house the plumber has been working, mostly on the second floor. Here are two pictures, the first is the kitchenette area in the second floor family room, where the pipes are for the sink. The second picture is the dual sink area in the second floor bathroom.
The work on the ventilation system starts this coming week. One of the first steps is to drill out holes in the foundation for the various vents. I saw that the builder has left the vent covers on the table with labels.
Kitchen Exhaust is for the range hood. Make-up air is also for the range hood, it is where we suck in air when the range hood fan is running to avoid negative pressure in the house.
ERV Exhaust if for the air exchanger. There are actually two units, one in the basement and one above the second floor. I believe that the Gables/Side Walls vent cover is used for the bathroom fans.
Our site visit this week was on Friday. We had to wait for the bath tub to be delivered. One goal of the meeting was to approve the placement of the faucet for the tub. Here is a picture of the tub in place (temporarily). The drain pipe butts up against a beam in the basement so the tub can not be relocated at all from this spot. The boards to the right of the tub is the location of the side of the sink area.
I have one more building related picture for you this week. Daphne’s design calls for wooden slats as an accent over the living room seating area, over the dining room chairs and in the front hall. We were going to go with a pre-assembled commercial solution, but the board placement was not precise enough to assembly them end-to-end. So instead, it will be done custom by our carpenter. Here is a test corner where we can approve the design and pick the preferred joint (diagonal). The black acoustic panel will be covered with black fabric to remove the texture.
Next week, I believe they will put in the last window (in the game room) and frame the deck. In September they will start the siding and pour the basement and garage floor.
Finally, I will leave you with this picture of an Egret sitting near a pile of mud at the edge of the river (at the end of our ditch). There are tracks in the mud, but we are not sure what animal made them (not the Egret).
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