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Kitchen cabinets installation in progress
Gutters & downspouts installation
Tile samples
Snow starting
Flooring material marked in each room
Receptacle in stone wall
Garage doors being installed
Stone installation in progress
Drywall textured
Water lateral entry
Siding in progress
Custom front door glass
Approved texture sample on site
Tusay Masonry installing weep screed
Siding & siding clamps
Scratch coat
Last layer of flashing at air conditioner pad
BBQ roof sheathing in progress
BBQ roof framing clips L-90's
Lath passed inspection
Lath installation nearly complete
Front porch roof
BBQ timber frame passed inspection
BBQ roof strapping
Gas meter installed
Exterior trim started
Exterior trim started
Drywall primer
Drywall & floor protection installed
7 Pocket door tracks at office & kitchen pantry
6 Basement furnace room ceiling painted with fire-rated paint
5 Sound insulation for lower level
4 Type X five-eights inch for lower level
3 Drywall stocked
2 Garage insulation is complete
1 Garage insulation is complete
Exterior rear siding
Poly line uncovered for gas pipe
Basement insulation complete
Main level insulation complete
Main floor insulation complete
Closed cell foam insulation at lower level complete. Now installing netting for BIB's
Closed cell foam insulation at lower level complete. Now installing netting for BIB's
Rear deck joists installed
Gas line complete
Foam insulation
Foam insulation
Foam insulation
Xcel installing gas line
Vaulted airlock will receive 3 inches of foam & R-30 batts
Main floor closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Lower level closed cell foam insulation
Core drill completed
Water lines & gas line route
Water lines & gas line route
Foam insulation started
Radon pipe in laundry wall
Cleaned house
Cleaned house
Cleaned house
95% of roof completed
Ridge vent
Shingle crew
Shingle crew
Shingle crew
Shingle crew
Paul installing front porch fascia
Main floor straps
Main floor straps
Main floor straps
Main floor straps
Basement laundry fan vent
Basement fan installed
Loading roof shingles
Roof shingles delivered
Added supply to the airlock
Southwest corner of rear deck soffit
Soffit & fascia in progress above office deck
Gas gauge inspection
Garage space heater
Concrete placed at steel pipe column holes
Possible radon vent location
2nd water heater vent location
Soffit vent at west vestibule
Mechanical room #2 hot water tank vented
Covered basement bath #1 shower pan
Air lock and interior door opening
Mount Earnest
Rear deck
Rear deck
Main plumbing stacks exiting house in bedroom #1 closet
Line voltage home runs in mech room #2
Front porch
Exterior soffit and fascia in progress
Water main connection with PRV
Attic baffles
Recessed cans
Low voltage
Flying posts
Front porch framing & roof sheathed
Cordovan brown water & oil
1 Approved semi-transparent stain samples
Electric trench backfilled
Great room fireplace flue exiting roof
3 Front porch framing
2 Electric & water laterals
1 Front porch timbers craned in
Carlos primed steel header and angle clips
All windows set
Energy caulking
1 Window installation has started
Window installation has started
Front door steel header
Wild turkeys again
Tyvek installation continues
Water pipe
Make-up air unit
10-inch duct across 16 inch TJI's
Tyvek installation in progress
Plumbing installation in progress
Roof pentrations out
Roof pentrations out
Web stiffeners in basement under baby grand piano
Main level return air stack
Carlos cleaning the main floor
Blocking off insulation holes
2 Rim insulators
1 Exterior stone
Exterior sheathing
Exterior sheathing
3 Craning OSB
2 Craning OSB
1 Crane used for OSB
Final truss boom
Truss craning
Truss craning
Truss craning
Truss craning
Truss craning
Truss craning
Bird blocks
Trusses racked out
I-beam grout and welds
I-beam grout and welds
Basement framing
Basement framing
Basement plating
Steel column shims
Outside walls sheathed
Outside walls sheathed
Wall jacks in use
Wall jacks in use
Wall jacks in use
Carlos & Paul fFraming
First floor wall framing
First floor wall framing
Vents
House wrap
Urethane completed
Urethane completed
Urethane completed
House foundation drain daylighted
House foundation drain daylighted
Pipe columns delivered
Pipe columns delivered
Paul & Carlos raising the first floor wall - east side
Two guardrails are up
Subfloor
Subloor
Partial rough grade completed
These helpers are turkeys
Wild turkey visitors
Framing for garage headers
Sill shim - exterior side
Sill shim - exterior side
LVL perimeter wood shims
Paul & Carlos installing subfloor
Foam adhesive
Foam adhesive
Foam adhesive
Garage framing & cantilever soffit
Garage framing & cantilever soffit
Garage framing & cantilever soffit
2 Advantech adhesive & shoe scrapper
1 AdvanTech subflooring on site
First floor TJI's
First floor TJI's
First floor TJI's
Basment framing
Basement framing
Basement framing with brace
Main floor TJI's
Foam for anti-air infiltration
Foam for anti-air infiltration
First day of framing
First day of framing
Basement wall braces
Basement wall braces
Wall brace materials
Basement saw cuts
Saw cuts
Shop flatwork
Shop flatwork
Shop flatwork
Shop flatwork in progress
Shop flatwork in progress
Shop flatwork being placed
Eco pan for concrete washout material
Treated TimberStrand material delivered
Finishing basement concrete
Finishing basement concrete
Finishing basement concrete
Finishing concrete
Finishing concrete
New piece of petrified wood
Placing concrete for basement floor
Placing concrete for basement floor
Placing concrete for basement floor
Placing concrete for basement floor
Placing concrete for basement floor
Concrete pump
Shop floor ready for concrete
Wire mesh with steel rebar at edge
Wire mesh in garage
Steel I-beam on site
Steel I-beams on site
Basement - ready to place concrete
Basement - ready to place concrete
Added extra bar at 2 door notches
Added extra bar at 2 door notches
Added extra bar at 2 door notches
Basement reinforcement
Basement reinforcement
Basement reinforcement
Basement reinforcement
Basement reinforcement
Underground plumbing fully bedded & located
Underground plumbing fully bedded & located
Underground plumbing fully bedded & located
Underground plumbing fully bedded & located
Underground plumbing passed inspection
Underground plumbing passed inspection
Underground plumbing passed inspection
Underground plumbing passed inspection
Foundation wall marked for underground plumbing
Foundation wall marked for underground plumbing
Foundation wall marked for underground plumbing
House foundation drain
House foundation drain
Foundation drain trenches
Foundation drain trenches
Foundation drain trenching
Underground exposed & trench for draining dug
Stripped forms dampproofing marks
Stripped forms dampproofing marks
Stripped foundation forms cold joints
Grouted cold joints
Stripped foundation forms
Stripped foundation forms
Stripped foundation forms
Stripped forms at ext stair area
Stripped forms at ext stair area
Upper bbq patio walls pour
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour start
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour
Wall foundation pour - first truck
Foundation forming
Foundation forming
Foundation forming
1st day of wall forming
1st day of wall forming
1st day of wall forming
1st day of wall forming
1st day of wall forming
Leveling off concrete
Leveling off concrete
Placing concrete in pad
Placing concrete - garage & south basement
Placing concrete with pump operator - garage & south basement
Placing concrete - garage & south basement
Placing concrete - garage & south basement
Footing concrete pour day
Form check before concrete pour
Footing concrete pour day
Footing concrete pour day
Footing concrete pour day
Concrete pump set up
Form check before concrete pour
Form check before concrete pour
Footing & exterior stair forms with steel moved
Por Mor forming house footings
Por Mor forming house footings
Temp electric meter set
Footing dowels
Footing rebar
Shop soil compaction
Soil compacted
Bottom of excavation
House hole
Excavating continues
Large petrified tree stump uncovered
Excavating
Excavating
Excavating
Excavation is starting
All yard hydrants marked
View from above
House & shop staked for excavation
House & shop staked for excavation
Rumble mat for tire cleaning
Gas locates
Silt fence for erosion control
Silt fence installation for erosion control
Fencing and T-posts to be installed
Owner's ore cart
East berm top soil removal
Test pit for on-site water treatment system
South berm staked
Survey pin
Survey crew on-site