West Elm St Home

2010-06-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

I haven't Posted in a while so I thought I would put up some pictures of the Inaugural Garden. So far So good but we do have some shade issues we may need to cut down. This years Crop:

Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Peas, Beans
Squash - Zucchini - Butternut - Acorn
Eggplant
Peppers
Broccoli
Watermelon
Pumpkins
Parsnips - Carrots
Lettuce

2009-11-08T16:07:00.000-08:00

This weekend was a big leaf raking weekend:

We Worked both days at our house and Sunday Morning at Memere and Pepere's:

Memere and Pepere's Before:

During:

After:

Neighbors 1937 Packard for Sale.... A real Creme Puff:

Leaf Raking back at Home:

2009-10-29T07:12:00.000-07:00

I don't know how we missed it, but it appears we may have built the new house on an old Cemetary........ Sort of reminds me of Cuesta Verde in the early 80's............. We need to sleep with one eye open at night....And the kid's need to stop watching TV....

2009-10-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

We had our attic insulated with Blown in foam to try and prevent the Ice Dams this winter. Hopefully this will be a final cure. We should also see and improvement in our utility bills.

Main Attic

Inside the front porch roof - Insulating the exterior walls

Laura's Room

This Sunday's Pat's Game

2009-08-23T04:27:00.001-07:00

This weekend was an all swing day. The kids got a swingset and Mom and Dad got a front porch swing.

A Few Bonus "Katharine the Menace" Shots

2009-07-12T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Garden is just about wrapped up. Unfortunatly all the rain and no sun has pretty much not allowed anything to grow. (Barely even the grass)

2009-06-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

The majority of the landscaping is done for this year. We just need to wait for the Grass to Grow.

Garden Patio Area:

Future Patio area :

2009-05-20T07:30:00.001-07:00

Recent landscaping photos. We are getting close to having a yard.

Garden and Horseshoe Area

Front Yard

New Visitor to the yard

2009-05-01T18:33:00.000-07:00

Some new Landscape Pictures

2009-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:00

2009-04-12T04:13:00.001-07:00

Easter Pictures:

2009-04-12T04:04:00.000-07:00

The Landscaping begins:

We had about 300 yards of fill brought in this week. This should allow Joe D to finish the subgrading. Joe moved the large rock pile to the back of the prperty so it doesn't get in the way as much but. Hopefully if the weather agrees we can get the loam spread and a lawn planted next week.

2008-11-02T08:49:00.000-08:00

11/2/08 I finished up the side walk this weekend. (at least as finished as it is going to get before winter) I also planted the tree we got recently. I think it is a Japanese Maple - Acer Fireglow. I also threw in a shot of the flock of Turkeys that frequents our yard.

2008-11-01T04:06:00.000-07:00

Seeing as how the MyFamily.Com site isn't currently working. I figured I would post some party and halloween pictures to this site.

Joe's 5th Birthday party at PlayTown Express

Halloween 2008

2008-10-20T15:44:00.000-07:00

10-20-2008

2008-10-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent photos of some work being done on the Front Porch and Walkway.

2008-06-16T09:56:00.000-07:00

This weekend we moved in to the new house. The cleaners worked on Saturday to get the house ready for us. Once they left Dad, Laura, and I moved in the bare essentials (Cribs and Coffee Pot) so the family could spend the night. Joe graciously allowed us to all sleep in his room as the Master Bedroom still doesn't have carpeting. On Sunday Steve stopped by and help us move the remainder of the critical items over. The pictures below are taken just after the cleaners left. It will probably never look this good again. I think the final construction tally is about 26 months.

2008-06-12T14:46:00.000-07:00

We are approved to move in!!!!

I received a 30 Day Certificate of Occupancy permit today. We have a few items to clear up before I can get a full OC but that shouldn't be a problem. We move in for Good on Sunday.

2008-05-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

We are starting to see a light at the end of this 2 Year + Tunnel. Plumbing is now done. Trim is done. We still have about a weeks worth of paint touch up to complete. Electric has a couple of days left to complete. And here are some updated pictures:

Master Bath Whirpool Tub

Master Bathroom

1st Floor 1/2 Bath

Children's Bath

2nd Flr Laundry

Last weekend Dad, Dunc, Steve and I worked on getting the fronch porch installed. It is a pretty slow process. We worked ~8 hours and got about 15' done.

2008-04-16T13:05:00.000-07:00

Now that the nice weather is starting to return and we have FIOS TV at the house the kids can start spending more time visiting.

We have been slowly but surely getting some work accomplished. Recently Kyle has been busy installing the finished electrical fixtures: Ed has been doing some of the remaining trim items: We had the refrigerator Installed.

2008-03-19T07:50:00.000-07:00

March Update - The finish Electrical is almost complete. The countertops were installed today.

Kitchen

1st Floor Powder Room

Master Bath

2nd Floor Hall 1/2 Bath

2008-02-19T07:51:00.000-08:00

A few small signs of progress. Dad and I finished temporarily decking the front porches with plywood. We also built some temporary railings to keep people off the undecked areas. We will do the real decking in the Spring when the weather is nicer.

T & J came and installed the range hood. Now if we only had a Range...

The Plumbing is beginning to get installed. Here is the toilet in the Powder room on the first floor.

The Dishwasher got installed.

2008-02-01T04:23:00.000-08:00

Not alot happening these days. We put together the Vanity for the powder room on the first floor. Kyle has been busy doing the finish electrical.

The Master bath Cabinets went in this week. We are now ready to template for the countertops.

Joe is hanging out by the fire in his PJs.

2008-01-16T16:25:00.000-08:00

The Kitchen cabinets are pretty much installed.

The tile guys were back to continue on the master bath.

2008-01-10T15:57:00.000-08:00

Day 2 of the kitchen cabinet install. Keith of Whitaker Carpentry worked on installing the Island

2008-01-10T04:19:00.000-08:00

The end of 2007 brought Ice Dams to the new house.

I used an IceRake to clear off whatever snow and ice I could before the rains came. This stopped the problem for this time.

Damage on the Family Room Ceiling.

Today (Wednesday 1/9/8) The cabinets started to get installed. They started working on the stove wall.

2007-12-17T11:26:00.000-08:00

Last week Lazlo got the HW floors Sanded and polyed. He got two coats of Poly on the floors and will do the third on Monday.

I thought I would throw in a quick picture of Joe doing some site work.

2007-12-08T08:51:00.000-08:00

Lazlo finished up most of the Family Room and Ed finished up the Main Stairs.

2007-12-03T03:34:00.000-08:00

This weekend we picked up our cabinets which had been sitting in a warehouse in Marlborough since February. Dad, Mike V, and Myself managed to get all the cabinets in one load with the help of Pauline's husband.

Rob the Mason installed the Hearth in the Family Room so that now we can complete the wood flooring on the first floor.The Ed's continued working on finishing up the Trim Punch List. One of the biggest items to complete is the main staircase. They are about one railing and a couple of balusters away from being done.

This is the small railing at the top of the back stairs.

Lazlo spent the week working on completing the Hardwood Floors in the upstairs hall.

Kevin Lobisser's Guys finished up the back decks. they are now going to try and complete the front porch.

2007-11-22T07:38:00.000-08:00

Fred finished up grouting the 1/2 bath on the second floor.

Lazlo finished up installing the wood floor in the kitchen and Mudroom.

2007-11-19T12:24:00.000-08:00

Lots of work happening on the HW floors, Tile, Electrical and Decks.

Master Bath Shower

Kids Bath

Back Decks

Back Door Floor

Kitchen Floor

2007-11-11T03:05:00.000-08:00

This weekend Joe and Kat spent Saturday at the Lot with Dad. Needless to say, Not much got accomplished.

On friday the Tile guys got alot accomplished on the MAster Bathroom.

2007-11-09T14:23:00.000-08:00

The driveway was installed today. We are thinking about turning the Backhoe bucket into a permenant decoration for the center of the circle. If Joe D doesn't come get it, it will make a nice planter or fountain.

Lazlo finished up the back hall and the powder room.

2007-11-09T12:33:00.000-08:00

2007-11-08T06:25:00.000-08:00

Chris and John from Kevin's Crew worked on finishing up the back decks this weekend. They got about 50% of the railings up.

Lazlo has been busy finishing the Hardwood floors in the Dining Room and the Office.

Dining Room

A Random trim picture.

Office

Kyle has started installing the finish on the electrical system.

The Tile guys have returned and have been working on tileing the upstairs Bathrooms.

Hallway 1/2 Bath Second Floor

Kid's Bath

The Pavers showed up on Wednesday and prepped the driveway for paving. They were there early Thursday morning to start laying the Scratch coat on the driveway.

A couple of Truck pictures for Joe!

2007-11-05T03:31:00.000-08:00

Joe D was by and worked on the back grade for our deck stair landing and Patio.

Lazlo started on Thursday working on the hardwood floors in the dining room. He completed the border on Friday and should start on the field on Monday.

2007-10-29T12:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some painting pictures from the week ended 10/27/07. The true colors don't come through very well in these pictures. Most of the colors are actually darker then they appear in these pictures.
Laura and I started cleaning up the house this weekend getting ready for the hardwood floors to be installed. While we did this Joe went out and played in the rain.

Joe and Kat's Toy Room

The Office

First Floor Powder room

Family Room / Kitchen

Dining Room

2007-10-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

Painting Pictures from the week of 10/20/07

2007-10-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

Dad and I finished up the boards on the deck the past two weekends. We also bolted in most of the posts and expect the railings to get delivered this week.

We moved onto the front porch. It went pretty smoothly until we hit the corner. Weaving the corners is going to take some time.

2007-09-24T04:17:00.000-07:00

The Painters have been busy this past week. They have started painting the outside as well as Painting and Staining on the inside.

MudRoom

Dining Room

Master Bedroom

Back Hallway

Katharine's Room
Dad and I have spent the last few weekends on the back Deck. We are 4 boards away from completion. Then we get to move onto the front porch.

2007-08-27T04:13:00.000-07:00

The Ed's ran out of material to work with so they are moving on to another job while I restock. They did get 95% of the second floor trim done and about 90% of the first floor. They still need to do the main set of stairs. Some of the parts for the balusters and handrails showed up last week.

Front Hall

The Newel Posts were delivered on Thursday along with the Balusters.

Kitchen Table Bump Out

Mudroom Wainscoting & Trim

CellPhone And Key Cubby

1st Floor 1/2 Bath and Laundry Room

2007-08-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

This week more trim got done. The back hall, powder room, office, and Dining Room are now pretty much finished.

The back set of stairs were also installed this week.

I had to pick up some additional trim stock on Friday. I met Andre to pick up the wood while he was on his way to drop our newell post blanks off at the Wood Turner.

2007-08-13T16:39:00.000-07:00

More work continues on the first floor Trim. Ed Jr also got started on the putting in the cellar stairs.

Dining Room

We had some visitors one night recently - Steve and Kelley were in from Chicago, Jim and Julie were in from Texas, and Kahron from Hopkinton.

Joe, Katharine, and Meghan

2007-08-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Today Joe and I worked on installing some conduit under the front walkways. We can use this in the future for electric wiring or an irrigation system.

Laura spent some time sanding the oak trim for the first floor.

On Thursday the Eds finished up the crown moulding in the Dining room.

2007-08-02T04:21:00.000-07:00

Today Joe D started installing the Back yard. We had about 1200 yards of fill brought in to try and shape the back of the house.

With all the sitework we are doing our rock pile continues to grow. Looks like I will have to build alot of walls.

2007-08-01T04:03:00.000-07:00

The Eds have been doing alot of work on the first floor trim. They have been mostly working on the Crown Moulding in the Dining Room.

Joe has been doing alot of work at the Site. He has most of the front yard close to a finish grade. Around back we are going to need to have more fill brought in.

Ed trimmed out the Tub in the Master Bath. We used Azek beadboard so we don't have to worry about it getting wet.

Here is the wood for the first floor trim. At least 50% of it.

Dad and I took a spin up to Gilbertsville to pick up a good chunk of the trim package for the first floor.

Most of the Tile for the house is sitting in the garage waiting to be installed.

2007-07-14T03:45:00.000-07:00

This Weekend Dad and I worked on installing the decking on the porch nearest to the hearth area in the Kictchen. We use Tiger Claw clips to attach the boards so there will be no holes through the tops of the deck boards. They are pretty slow to install.

2007-07-07T08:21:00.000-07:00

I picked up the tweaked window sills and the Ed's were able to begin trimming out the windows.We received our couch from Jordan's. Now we need the RedSox to continue winning so we can get it for free.

2007-07-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

This week the Eds have been working upstairs on the Poplar Trim. Below are the profiles we are using on the second floor. Sill Stock - Crown - Casing

Looking into Katharine's Room

Joe's Closet

Master Bedroom

Laura's Hideaway
Joe's Bedroom

Back Stair Landing - Door to Attic Stairs
Hall to the Children's Rooms and Bath
Baseboard example in the kids bath.

The remainder of the floor stock was delivered.

2007-06-27T06:10:00.000-07:00

The Eds have been busy hanging the interior doors.

Dining Room into the office

Toy Room Closet

Back Hall Coat Closet

MudRoom Coat Closet
Mudroom Door

Mudroom

Top of the Back Stairway - Closet and Attic Stairs

The upstairs trim was also delivered and they should be moving upstairs to begin doing the window and door trimming out.

2007-06-21T18:07:00.000-07:00

Today we received the second shipment of doors. These are all the doors for the first floor. The wood for the upstairs trim was supposed to milled today. Hopefully it will get delivered next week.

2007-06-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

Wednesday was a Big Door Day. The garage Doors and Openers were installed today. They were delivered without the lights we ordered in the top panel so the installers will need to return when those panels come in.
The Trim guys (Ed & Ed) started today. They began by hanging the "Pre-Hung" doors. apparenttly the definition of pre-hung is different in Pennsylvania then it is in New England as all the door jambs and Hinges came as loose parts - Some assembly required. The Eds got all of the upstairs doors hung in their jambs. The First Floor Doors are expected to be delivered on Thursday.

2007-06-18T17:49:00.000-07:00

Dad and I installed some drainage pipes along the front of the house to collect the rainwater runoff from the roof.

Joe D is back on the job and has been starting to set the final grades. We can now start to see what our yard will eventually look like.

2007-06-14T18:11:00.000-07:00

Things are starting to happen again. This week we got the A/C installed. We also got the basement ceiling insulation installed.

Joe wanted me to add this moth found in the Garage to the Blog

2007-05-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

Project Links
This post is of some links I used for the project.
Interior Doors: Very Satisfied - They are just what we wanted
http://www.solidhardwooddoors.com/
Windows:
http://www.kolbe-kolbe.com/
Stair Components: Great material
http://www.alwoodwork.com/
HW Flooring - Trim Pkg - Good material but not good at delivering on time and very difficult to resolve problems with.
http://www.srwoodworking.net/
Hardwood Flooring Install:

Kitchen/Bath Design: Awesome to work with.
http://www.metrowestdesignworks.com/
Kitchen Cabinets: TBD
http://www.platowoodwork.com/

2007-05-29T04:11:00.000-07:00

Dad and I spent Wednesday prepping the gravel pad for the A/C compressor units. I need to get these units installed as the wood for the floors was also delivered today. I need to prevent the floors from getting exposed to too much humidity. We also worked on spreading the gravel under the front porch.

Joe lent a hand spreading the gravel under the front porch.

About 60% of the material for the hardwood floors was delivered on Wednesday.

We are also begining to test out some paint colors.

2007-05-19T03:47:00.000-07:00

Here is another Catch All Post - We are finished getting the house primed inside. The ceilings were painted with a finish coat and the walls were just primed. Dad and I have been working on blocking out the front porch so we can lay the deck boards down perpendicular to the house. We are kind of dead in the water as we wait for materials to be delivered. We expect the interior doors at the beginning of June and the trim package should show up shortly after that. Then we can really start working again. Weekends are busy trying to find ways to keep the kids entertained at the lot so we can get some work done.

Joe's Guys have been putting some time in on the back Patio Retaining wall.

The Insulation guys returned to install the Iceneyne under the kids bathroom.

2007-03-22T08:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the Framing for the back decks: I plan to put on the railings and floorboards myself.

HEre are a bunch of Pictures taken after the Plasterers had pretty much finished:

Mudroom

Main First Floor 1/2 Bath

Dining Room

Family Room Looking into the Kitchen

Family Room

Front Entry

Master Closet / Bedroom

Back Stairs Landing

Kid's Bath looking back towards the M Bedroom

Kid's Bath

2nd Floor Hallway

Master Bedroom from the Bath

2007-03-14T17:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some Blueboard Pictures:

Front Entry

Family Room

View From back Stairs through the KitchenKitchen Table AreaView from the ToyRoomMaster BathMaster BedroomKids Bedroom AreaKids Bath2nd Floor HallwayBack Stairs Landing

2007-02-23T07:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos of the insulation completed.

The Yellow insulation in the Kitchen is to reflect the Master Bath Radiant heat back up into the Master Bath.

2007-02-08T13:10:00.000-08:00

We Finally Have Electricity!

After months of waiting Nstar finally finished our service install.

2007-01-29T04:31:00.000-08:00

This is a Catch up posting for January. Alot of work has been going on with the elcetric in the house. At the same time alot of other smaller jobs have been wrapped up.

Here are the main electric panels in the Basement:

Here is where all the wiring Dad and I have been doing on the weekend terminates. Dad is lucky he is returning to Florida before I have to figure out this mess.The Blower for the stove range hood got installed: The Gas Fireplace in the kitchen got installed:
Some final Furnace plumbing was completed: We just need electricity to start firing up the heat.

2006-12-20T03:24:00.000-08:00

The site was real busy today. There must have been a dozen work trucks. Kevin Lobisser and his workers were pouring the concrete footings for the back deck. Jim Melnick was installing the service wiring from the meter socket to the main panel in the basement. Kyle and John continued to wire the inside of the house, And I met with Pauline our Kitchen designer. Hopefully this means that things will start moving along quicker now.

2006-12-18T08:58:00.000-08:00

The last couple of weeks have been mostly wiring. We also needed to install another 4" Pipe to the street so NStar can get the electric service to our house. This required alot of rework. This is the platform and grounding rod for the Transformer.Kyle and John have the house ~ 80% Wired. Dad has been working every Saturday since he got home from Florida. (Going back to Florida this year is going to be a bit more attractive then normal) This weekend we built the landing in the garage for the garage door. We also have started closing up the garage door openings with Blue tarps to help keep the cold out.

We had the apron of our driveway put in to make it cleaner for the Winter. It is just a rough coat which goes in about 40'.

T&J did some additional installation work on the furnace. It is small on the inside and small on the outside. This is the exhaust and the intake for the furnace. Barely noticable on the side of the house.

Here is Laura on the newest Tool on the site.

2006-11-22T05:44:00.000-08:00

The guys from T&J were in this week installing the Furnace and piping in the utility room. The white unit is the Buderus furnace. Seems kind of small for a furnace, but they tell me it will heat the house just fine.

2006-11-19T05:11:00.000-08:00

Kyle worked this week on the second floor electric. He livened up a few circuits off of the generator. It was a busy weekend, Russ, Linda and Nicole stopped by on Saturday and Russ ended up staying and helping with the blocking for future paneling. Dad was the Cut Man and Russ was nailed the pieces in.
On Sunday Phil stopped by in the AM and installed all the in wall wiring for the alarm. Dunc and Dad stopped by in the afternoon to continue working on the wall blocking. Joe D left his Loader backhoe at the lot so Dad and Joe could move some of the fill back to behind the garage.

2006-11-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

The posts for the back decks have been poured. The ones off the kitchen still need to be taller and that is why they have rebar sticking out of them. Once they are backfilled we will add on more sonotubes and pour them higher.

The Gas meter was installed - We are getting closere to having heat.

2006-11-02T14:10:00.000-08:00

The last couple have weeks have been fillled with additional sitework, the Gasline installation by NStar, and the start of the back decks (footings).

Cement being poured for the the back deck footings.

Lots of additional fill have been dropped on the lot as we try to get to final grade. We have been fortunate to get fill from a town project.
The Gas line was installed earlier this week. We are now just waiting for the Meter. Electricity is the remaining missing utility.

2006-10-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

The Last couple of weeks have mostly been putting in HVAC ducts, Plumbing and the septic. Not real photoworthy stuff. I will post a couple of photos just the same.

HVAC and Plumbing:

Site Work - Grading

Leach Field Installation:

2006-09-22T04:51:00.000-07:00

2006-09-17T03:34:00.000-07:00

Friday through Sunday were days to finish up small Framing projects. Friday Chris took care of the two fireplaces and the Master Bath surround.Saturday Chris built any walls needed for the kitchen and also finished up the walls needed for the pocket doors.

On Sunday I tried out my new nail gn by building a utility room in the basement. This is where most of the plumbing and heating equipment will go.

2006-09-14T16:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend Joe D did some grading around the lot. It is starting to look like we may have a front yard.

The front is totally sided and the back is about 60% Complete.

The HVAC Crew started installing the Attic Air Handlers and Duct work this week.

2006-09-06T04:26:00.000-07:00

This weekend Dad and I secured the room over the garage so I can start moving stuff we need for the house to it.

The Sidewallers continued their work.

2006-08-31T17:13:00.000-07:00

More Trim and Siding work today and yesterday. They also installed the Ribbon Joist for the Decks so the sidwallers can side around them.

2006-08-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

Kevin's guys have been primarily doing exterior trimwork so that the Sidewallers can do their job. They have a couple of areas completed so that on Monday the sidewallers began.

2006-08-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday the Mason's finished up, the exterior front doors were installed, the exterior trim started getting installed, and the fill from last week was spread.

Our Front Door:

2006-08-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

Today was a day for Fill and Masonry: We brought in and spread about 500 yds of Fill and Structural fill.
The Masons spent more time building the rest of the fireplace and chimney. They left with it about even with the start of the roof.

2006-08-17T11:09:00.000-07:00

More work on the fireplaces and Chimney.

We continued to ship in more fill. Getting ready for a big fill day on Friday.

2006-08-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

Today we had a visit from a turkey at the house.

More work was done on the fireplace.

Indoor Fireplace:

Deck Fireplace :
And Laura's Tub was delivered.

2006-08-15T08:47:00.000-07:00

On Monday the Kolbe windows and doors were delivered.

On Tuesday the framing crew showed up and installed of of them.

The Masons have also been busy building the fireplace in the Family Room.

We have also started bringing in fill again. We will try to get us up to our final grade now that the framing is complete.

2006-08-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

Today the Roofer finished almost all of the roof. They came up two bundles light. The Mason started working on the chimney today and made lots of progress. He is already up to the first floor.

Joe was busy giving tours of his new room this weekend.

2006-08-08T14:55:00.000-07:00

Today the framing crew worked on the roof of the Farmers Porch.

2006-08-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

Weekend Update:

Friday the Framing Crew finished the missing section of roof and began working on the roof of the covered porch.

On Saturday Pepere Joe and I cleaned up the house and the lot. We then enjoyed the first meal in our new kitchen.

On sunday I worked on sealing the conduit pipes that will bring the utilities into the basement.

2006-08-03T15:14:00.000-07:00

Joe got his new Tub Today!!!Because of the Heat the framing crew has been working on Exterior Trim, Interior Walls, and reframing the missing roof section.

Here are the interior walls of our Shower all cut and waiting to be assembled.

Here are the walls of the first floor half bath and hallway.
Here are some shots of the trim work. It is starting to look a little more finished.

2006-07-31T14:45:00.000-07:00

Today Kevin's guy came and framed up the Front Farmers porch. They didn't deck it as we haven't chosen our decking yet.

Eric's guys finished up the roof over the bumpout in the toy room and also worked on trim and interior walls.

2006-07-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

Today was a cleanup day.

2006-07-28T15:12:00.000-07:00

Today the Roof over the Toy Room was put up.

They also worked on the trim today.

2006-07-27T14:58:00.000-07:00

Today the framing crew filled in the last section of roof between the garage and the house. It doesn't quite look like we had anticipated. I think it will probably need some tweakin...

The roof over the master bath was installed today.

The Cellar stairs were installed today. View From the Front.

2006-07-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

More work on the roofs. We ran into some difficulty on the roof that attaches the house to the garage. The way the roofline is on the plans we would have only a 58" high doorway to access the extra space in our attic. We changed this section of the roof to a gambrel and it appears to have provided us the necessary headroom to be able to utilize the main attic. The missing section below is what is going to be done as a Gambrel.

Here is the view from the Main attic looking back at the roof of the garage over the entrance from the stairs.

2006-07-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

The final shape of the house is starting to take shape as the Framers work more on the Roof Framing for the garage.

Here is Mom and Joe in the unfinished room over the garage.

2006-07-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

Today the Roof Started Going up.

2006-07-20T04:43:00.000-07:00

More Framing....Today was a great weather day for the framing crew. They installed the Gable end for the kids Bath, Began the attic stairs, built part of the Garage Roof/walls, and continued to install the Attic Floor.

The Kids Bathroom:

The Attic Stairs Started:

Garage Gable End and Dormers:

2006-07-19T04:28:00.000-07:00

Another Day of Framing the Attic Floor:

2006-07-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

Another Hot Day!!! Framers could only stand it for a few hours but they still managed to throw up a couple of walls:

2006-07-17T18:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we visited New Bedford to pick up the old pocket doors from Gramp's old house. we plan to use them in the upstairs hall to the kids bedrooms. They will need a lot of refinishing work. This morning the lumber for the second floor walls and the roof was delivered:

Due to the extreme heat the framers could only work half a day. They still managed to get some of the second floor walls up.

2006-07-16T17:50:00.000-07:00

This post is not about the house in Hopkinton, it is actually some pictures of Gramps' old house in NB. The new owners have really spruced it up.

2006-07-15T10:29:00.000-07:00

Today the cement guy came and cut the concrete floors in ordeer to control cracking:

We were also surprised by someone dropping of a load or two of clean fill. I guess the sign we put up earlier in the week is starting to work.

2006-07-14T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today the Concrete guys put in the cement floor in the cellar and in the Garage:

2006-07-10T03:34:00.000-07:00

It is going to be a slow week as the framing crew is on vacation. While they are gone we have decided to go with the "New Orleans" / "Florida" look for the house.

This weekend Joe and I did a little cleanup in the house. I thought Pepere would enjoy the photos below.

2006-07-06T03:22:00.000-07:00

Today the Framing Crew finished up the second floor deck and installed the lally columns in the Garage. They cleaned up the site as they are on vacation Friday and next week. Below is the Deck looking from the bedrooms towards the garage.

Here is the Deck loooking the opposite way - Garage towards the bedrooms:

The kids Bedrooms and Bath are on the far side of the stair opening in the picture below:

Front View of the House:

Back of the house:

Back view of the house taken from the top of the Garage:

Our back stairs taken from the kitchen: