Another Wednesday meeting. Nothing significant to report other than the fact that I had another SD Card failure so no video for Monday – Wednesday.

Here is the current house framing from the front corner.

Here is the current house framing from the back corner. You can see the outline of the porch staked out on the ground and the base of the pilings that will hold up the porch. Architect and builder for scale.

In the following picture, I am standing in what will eventually be the front hall closet, facing Northeast. The post is the center of the west wall of the living room. The break in the beams is where the stairs up to the second floor will go. The interior wall you see is the North side of hallway from the front hall into the living area – the opening is for a pocket door into the pantry.

And in the following picture, I am standing in the Southeast corner of the game room. You can see the master bedroom (far end, on the left side) and the walls of the foyer in the master bedroom suite. The living room is through the door opening on the right.

And here is the first floor floor plan again, showing which walls are in place (the red dot is that post in the center of the floor).

The builder is estimating 6 weeks until the house is water tight. Once the house is framed, we get the structural engineer to inspect things and issue a certificate that basically says he, in his professional opinion, does not think the house will fall down.

They are getting ready to run the water from the roads into the utility room in the basement. This will mean a trench through the driveway and the front yard. And we are still waiting for the town to run internet into the construction trailer (which will not be buried until later).

Its 10 weeks until the siding shows up so it will be a while before the house is sided. Soon they will put in the base for the outside deck although the final deck surface will not be in place until next year to avoid having it get damaged. Also soon, they will pour the foundation for the new garage (exactly where the old garage is). The construction trailer will be moved into the driveway. I do not know the exact dates for those activities, but watch this space.

Our next design deadline is 8 weeks at which point we need to know everywhere we will have lights, plugs, light switches, Ethernet ports, etc. We are getting close, mostly bottle-necked on light selection. We also have not selected which media company we will be using but it is down to two.

Days since we moved a wall: 28.

As a final treat, here is a 3D rendering of the game room. The architect actually made three of these so we can see the look with different types of wood. Ignore the view out of the windows which will be trees on the side and the porch through the glass doors with a river view. All those shelves will be filled with puzzles and games (and one laser printer).

Total Views: 17