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Sheathing new trusses
New kitchen ceiling rafters to new ledger
New cross beam being joined to existing timber
New trusses over laundry & powder room
Non-shrink grout for post base
New garage wall & existing trusses before repair
Ridge beam to cross beam temp in place
Ridge beam for kitchen temp in place
Existing timbers cut to accept new glue lam
Replacement cross beam temp support
Temporary support in place
Grades on concrete and offset
Drive center line staked
Rear addition walls
Frame start for new entry
Sawcut marks for new shower location
Opposite end beam support
Field weld for beam splice
Closeup photo of tightened bolt
End support, per engineer
Support post shimmed and anchored
Old fireplace flue foamed shut
Plates glued and anchored
Perimeter blocking
Gluing and nailing subfloor
Old to new floor intersections
Steel column support
Steel in beam pocket
Steel temp supports
Steel support post
Crane to set beams
Bearing point for new beam
New beam location & floor intersection
Ledgers bolted in place
Flashing tape before ledgers are installed
Rough grade west side
Rough grade at rear
Backfill progress
Backfill compaction
Backfill in progress
Wall bracing prior to backfill
West side dampproofing
Rear patio forms
Basement floor installation
Basement floor installation
Radon collection system
Perimeter drains completed
Perimeter drains installed
UFR location
Entry new concrete wall
Stripping front foundation forms
Front entry concrete placed
New garage wall placed
Walls being leveled & bolts installed
Concrete truck & pump line
Garage void area to be filled with concrete
UFR installation
Steel dowels and epoxy
Garage wall steel dowel and epoxy
East wall steel
Penhall making cuts in basement floor
New post support footer form with rebar
North wall steel and window forms
Wall form with steel rebar and window form
Garage steel wall with steel rebar
Panels for garage wall
West wall being formed
Wall counterfort footer with steel rebar
Saw cuts marked
Old basement footer cuts marked
New footer steel dowels and epoxy
Foundation crew laying out footers
Foundation crew laying out footers
Leveling down from string line
Excavation complete
Concrete walls being removed
Concrete walls being removed
Upper walls concrete ready to be removed-temp bracing
Front patio removed
Garage truss shoring
Rafter shoring
Under cutting complete
Under cutting the footers & walls
Remaining short wall to be removed
Used to remove debris
Remaining wall to be removed
Laundry and garage walls removed
Concrete wall removed - exposed shoring
Removing concrete walls
Removing concrete walls
Areas to remove concrete
Temp support for old concrete
Front porch walls removed
Interior wall to be removed
Saw cuts on basement walls
Concrete walls marked for removal
Temp wall to carry floor joists when concrete is removed
Basement demolition complete
Interior wall bracing to hold up beams when blocks are removed
Interior demolition at sunken living room
Garage trusses temp support wall
Sunroom demo
Exposed roof timber at sunroom
Sunroom demo
Existing foam foil insulation behind batts
19 batt insulation
Existing batt ceiling insulation
Existing batt ceiling insulation
Demo of brick wall in bedroom
Master bedroom demo
Family room demo
Demo complete
Deck removed
Deck demo
Roof tile selected to match existing
Installing gas line to house
Installing gas line to house
Installing gas line to house