Monday, June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009: More bricks and air handling

On Monday, I made it out to the lot late in the evening and quite a few more bricks had been added as well as some additional work on the inside (air handling and some work on the steps).

View of the fron of the house. This was around 8:30 PM, but the brick masons were still working. On the 6th (Saturday), bricks had just started to go around the front and now you can see that they're most of the way up the front.


Closeup of the dining room window.

A row (course) of "soldier" bricks was placed across the top of the garage. Typically, this is for appearance, and that was also a motivation here, but it wasn't part of the original plan. Instead, when the iron angle was placed to support the bricks over the garage, the masons noticed that the bricks were not going to line up well over the garage, so we told them to do a soldier course to clean up the lines. For consistency, this is now going to be reflected over the two windows on this side. Also since the iron angle was inset a little bit, we couldn't bump out the bricks 5/8" like we did for the front windows.

View from the tree in the Northeast corner. The last parts to get bricked will be the center side-facing gable and / or the front entry (not visible).

View from the backyaard. The back and this side were were already done last time I came out, but the yard was too muddy to walk out and take this shot.

The stairs to the basement were roughed in except for the steps.

The steps between the basement and the main level as viewed from the basement.

We also checked up on all the settings for the interior doors with Danny. The door salesman had done the initial markings, but we still had to change about 1/3 of them. Above shows the markings on our pantry door which indicates a 2' 4" door, swinging out, with the knob on the right side (for easier access from the kitchen which is to the right when facing the pantry).

The attic air handler was constructed (had been in pieces before) and connected to the ducts / vents for the second floor.

One of the ducts running in the attic. I'm assuming the duct is slightly elevated to allow the spray-in insulation to avoid direct conduction with the ceiling (below).

The attic air handler venting into the master bedroom.

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