Week 16 electric and plumbing

We got two doors in today, the door to the basement under the kitchen and the east door of the living room.

The windows for the dormer also came in...

And a tub/shower...

The plumber and electrician were busy this week. Pipes and wires everywhere! Unfortunately some of it will need to be redone, like the thermostat for the kitchen heater is placed right in the middle of the only wall in the kitchen! Why didn't they put it at the edge!? And they put in the bathroom plumbing for a 3 ft vanity when we got a 4 ft vanity! They'll need to move the toilet closer to the shower.

Most of the lights are the recessed can lights- lots of light for not a lot of money!

Week 15 electric and shingles

The electrician was here before I left for work this morning. They put in lots of boxes and strung a lot of wire. He thinks he may be able to finish Monday or Tuesday!



The roofer also came today and did the vent cap and the rest of the shingling on the addition and closet.

Week 15 more windows

They installed the other windows in the addition, except the 4 they don't have yet. The biggest difference we notice today though is that they replaced the windows in the current kitchen and living room. Huge difference!! The two upstairs bedroom windows will also be replaced. The windows are here, just not installed yet. There are two basement windows that didn't get ordered, and the two for the dormer aren't in yet. The doors should be in sometime next week. Tomorrow the roofer is supposed to come and finish the shingles and cap vent. The plumber and electrician may start tomorrow also!

Current living room outside...

and inside...this room will become our dining room when the addition is done.


Kitchen window outside...

and inside. (Ignore the sink full of dirty dishes!)

Week 15 WINDOWS!!!!!!

We have windows!!!! Yea!!!!! Most of them are here, about half are put in. We have some questions about a couple of them but I'm glad they are finally getting windows in!

Week 15 rain...again

Rain, rain go away, I wanted the workers to come today!!!

Closet walls

We worked our tails off putting up more osb board on the closet walls. The north and south walls are done. The west wall needs just a little work where we need to leave access to the crawl space. The east wall- which shares 1/2 it's wall with the house- still needs to be done. I don't know why that pic loaded sideways!!!

Week 14 paint

The last few days there wasn't much to report. They were doing small jobs and working on caulking the seams of the outside walls. Today the painted. What a difference!!!! They used a good barn paint that should last us until we can save enough money to do real siding. They also finished the roofing work on the addition but not the closet. They are still waiting on windows.



Make sure you check out the other post with Ella's pictures!

Fabian family under construction

Here is Mike and Rhiannon's new addition to the family, our granddaughter, Ella Grey Nilson born Oct. 15 at 2:10pm. Isn't she beautiful!! Dave says it's because she comes from good stock!!

Week 14 closet roof

Even though it was about 10 below when Dave got up this morning, the builder came out for a couple hours this afternoon and worked on the closet roof. They got the roof deck on, but didn't get it dried in. Hope we don't have any precipitation tonight! Now we need to get the rest of the siding up!!!

Week 13 closet roof

They put the rest of the roof rafters on the closet today. Our closet may not be perfectly square but I'm sure the roof is!

Week 13 snow

Dave talked to the builder today. He said they came out yesterday, took one look at all the snow and headed for some place warmer! They plan to come out tomorrow and do prep work to get everything weathered in. Windows and doors should be in Friday or Monday. Nighttime temps Friday and Saturday are supposed to be in the single digits! Brrrrrrrrrr!!

In other news...our "favorite" neighbor knocked out part of the beaver dam by the bridge. The pond level dropped over a foot in just a couple of hours. I guess the beavers came back to rebuild because tonight he was out there with a rifle, with a light shining into the creek. I heard 2 gun shots just a few minutes ago. I hope he missed!

Week 13

I don't know why they didn't come out to work today!!!!!!!
We only got about a foot of snow!!!!!

Closet and firewood

One of the carpenters came today to start work on the closet roof. He said it was easier to work alone today because it was a "thinking day." Why would he have to put thought into a roof on an unsquare pole construction room that ties into a roof on another pole construction room??? He seems to have it figured out now though. He has 3 beams in place and a couple of roof rafters. The rest should go pretty quickly.

Here is a shot of the house from across the creek.
And my honey, blocking up some of the down trees across the creek from the house. There is enough down timber that we should get enough for this winter without having to cut any standing trees.

Week 12 wall above bathroom

Terry, I added extra pictures today just for you!

They framed in the walls above the bathroom ceiling, creating a great attic storage area.

This is looking into the storage area from the end of the balcony. It is above the bathroom and the stairs that go from the kitchen to the basement. The ceiling height isn't high enough for most adults to stand up in but would be a great place for a kid's playroom or secret hideout!!


It takes two shots to show the living room from the balcony...to the left of the center post...

...And to the right of the center post.

The view from the living room, looking into the kitchen area.

The stairs and balcony, from the corner of the living room. Yes the post stays...it adds character.