Since our last post they reworked the blue duct some and have installed the connectors for the floor vents that will be in the great room. Picture 1 shows one of the four of these assemblies. The box on the top of this assembly will extend higher than the floor and, I believe will eventually […]
They finished putting in the blue duct today. Oddly, although there were three extra lengths of duct, a number of big fittings, and other pieces, they found that they are short some adapters that they need to connect to the floor vents. Hopefully, these will come quicker than the first order, which took 6 weeks […]
I see that this is the first post in September. That is because the contractor was away on a family vacation last week and so the work just started up again today with placement of the blue duct. Today they installed the trunk that will serve the great room (Picture 1). This runs from the […]
This was the day of the seventh (and possibly the penultimate) concrete pour. However, several other notable things happened today. The blue duct was delivered. As you can see in Picture 1, it lives up to its name! This is a special, extruded plastic duct, that can be buried or run under the slab without […]
This week they have been finishing the rebar and putting up the forms for the first floor walls at the back part of the house, the part that will eventually be two stories. They will pour these walls Friday morning. Next week, the framers will come in and build the floor of the second floor, […]
The steel guys were there today. They almost finished putting up the second side of the form for the back wall of the house above the retaining wall. They also have framed in the back door that leads outside from the kitchen. There are two more house walls that need a second layer of plywood […]
Yesterday a full crew worked on the forms for the walls on the parts of the house that will be two stories. Today, a smaller crew was back for the morning to finish removing the scaffolding from under the deck. Pictures 1 and 2 show forms and rebar for the two-story walls on the north […]
The steel guys did show up today, but they didn’t work on the house framing. Instead, they started removing the scaffolding from under the lower deck, which is cantilevered. They kept the scaffolding supporting it for almost a month to give the concrete time to really dry. The scaffolding was screwed together, and it is […]
After the first work on the house walls, the workers went off to work elsewhere. They are scheduled to come back on Thursday to finish the plywood surrounds for the walls prior to a concrete pour on next Monday.
The workers didn’t come yesterday, but they came today and started building the framing for the part of the house with a crawl space under it. Apparently, they will be slowing down work while they wait for the blue duct to arrive. They don’t want to pour the walls until the blue ducting is in […]