OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Drywall

Drywall

Now the the insulation is (almost) complete, the drywall process has started.  First step in preparation was to remove all the doors so they don’t get damaged. Each door had to be marked for location and for pocket doors, which side it goes on.  Now the drywall goes up. For the first time since weRead more about Drywall[…]

Insulation

Insulation

We started insulation on Monday, and it is expected to take a week.  So next Monday we start drywall.  Here is before. And here is after. Not very exciting to look at, but exciting for us. 🙂 We are insulating all the interior walls as well for sound proofing.   We will be insulating the floorsRead more about Insulation[…]

Central vac

Central vac

Last week all the tubing for our central vac was installed.  We’ve got 10 plug-in points around the house, and will have three 30 to 50 foot hoses.  The new generation of central vacuum systems have hoses that have the wire integrated (so that it doesn’t get caught on things as you drag it around)Read more about Central vac[…]

Lots of design

Lots of design

Design seems to be the bottleneck for most things right now specification of the exterior siding details selection of bathroom fixtures specification and placement of exterior lighting placement of interior lighting (the cans) We’ve made a lot of progress over the last week, including Exterior siding The first thing to go on will be theRead more about Lots of design[…]

Design decisions

Design decisions

In December, our beloved designer informed us that she could no longer work on our project for personal reasons.  Over the next two months, and interviews with 7 very capable designers, we found someone we felt comfortable with. During that time we also realized that we needed to do major changes to our landscape design. Read more about Design decisions[…]