I was out of town for a week-and-a-half (3 trips, 2 *very* brief stays in Lynchburg) but it rained quite a bit so not so much happened on the outside, though several things happened indoors.
View of the front of the house. Bricks have started. The doors are open, presumably for airing out the house.
One of the keystones that will be going in the jack arches over our windows.
Bricks wrapping around from the front to the garage.
The brick ledge underneath the windows.
It was too muddy to walk out into the backyard to take a picture, but this is what the back looks like leaning out from the basement.
Insulation in the garage. Except in a few places, the insulation is done.
We had the ceiling of the shelving wall in the main-level bath lowered.
Stairs out of the basement have started. That's the framing for landing that you're seeing on the left.
View of the landing from the basement.
Preethi is standing in the great room and the insulation is in. More importantly, the opening for the
whole-house fan is now in.
We had to cut back on some of the shelf space in the master bedroom to make room for some venting in the attic. This also meant we had to eliminate a recessed light (just hanging for the moment)
Insulation and duct work in the master bathroom looking towards the shower rough-in.
The rough-in for the arch in the opening between the kitchen and the great room. Loosely, this is supposed to mimic the arch at the front of the house.
Drywall for the kitchen ceiling is in. Also a recessed light was moved a little for balance on either side of the window.
Drywall going in on the great room ceiling. As you can see, we're leaving the ridge exposed. It'll eventually be stained to match whatever color we use on the floor.
All of our drywall is being screwed in as opposed to nailed in. This should cut down on
nail pops, though screw pops have been known to occur.
The first room finished with hanging the drywall (but not the mudding) was the attached closet (originally just wasted space) over the entrance.
As you can see some water got into the house in the heavy downpours (roofs not quite finished). So here's the front door open wide (both sides open up to give us a 5' wide opening to move through furniture) to help air out the house a little.
Before they packed up, the workers got the gypsum boards off the ground to avoid the water.
A new pile of dirt to for some of the remaining grading (I think we'll need at least another load to do both the back by the garage and the front).
In addition to the rain, the house was attacked by a
tripod from War of Worlds. Or maybe this is just duct work waiting to be finished off in the basement.
Two flooring colors we're considering for the hardwood. Currently we're somewhat conflicted as we like the darker color, but it's smudging too easily (as you can see if you look closely). So we'll need a different hardwood solution.
View of the front of the house. Bricks have started. The doors are open, presumably for airing out the house.
One of the keystones that will be going in the jack arches over our windows.
Bricks wrapping around from the front to the garage.
The brick ledge underneath the windows.
It was too muddy to walk out into the backyard to take a picture, but this is what the back looks like leaning out from the basement.
Insulation in the garage. Except in a few places, the insulation is done.
We had the ceiling of the shelving wall in the main-level bath lowered.
Stairs out of the basement have started. That's the framing for landing that you're seeing on the left.
View of the landing from the basement.
Preethi is standing in the great room and the insulation is in. More importantly, the opening for the whole-house fan is now in.
We had to cut back on some of the shelf space in the master bedroom to make room for some venting in the attic. This also meant we had to eliminate a recessed light (just hanging for the moment)
Insulation and duct work in the master bathroom looking towards the shower rough-in.
The rough-in for the arch in the opening between the kitchen and the great room. Loosely, this is supposed to mimic the arch at the front of the house.
Drywall for the kitchen ceiling is in. Also a recessed light was moved a little for balance on either side of the window.
Drywall going in on the great room ceiling. As you can see, we're leaving the ridge exposed. It'll eventually be stained to match whatever color we use on the floor.
All of our drywall is being screwed in as opposed to nailed in. This should cut down on nail pops, though screw pops have been known to occur.
The first room finished with hanging the drywall (but not the mudding) was the attached closet (originally just wasted space) over the entrance.
As you can see some water got into the house in the heavy downpours (roofs not quite finished). So here's the front door open wide (both sides open up to give us a 5' wide opening to move through furniture) to help air out the house a little.
Before they packed up, the workers got the gypsum boards off the ground to avoid the water.
A new pile of dirt to for some of the remaining grading (I think we'll need at least another load to do both the back by the garage and the front).
In addition to the rain, the house was attacked by a tripod from War of Worlds. Or maybe this is just duct work waiting to be finished off in the basement.
Two flooring colors we're considering for the hardwood. Currently we're somewhat conflicted as we like the darker color, but it's smudging too easily (as you can see if you look closely). So we'll need a different hardwood solution.
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