Bring on the Subs and Trades!

With the heat of summer brought more construction progress. Roughing in of the plumbing and electrical throughout the house has occurred.  Also Bob put in some sweat equity with the Ethernet, speaker and security camera cables. Concrete was poured for the front and back porches’ floor surface. The chimney received the outer brick façade and…

More Brick, Columns, and Stone

Four brick columns rising from the ground begin to set off the front facade of the house. Bob and Wayne posing by the finished brick and also a shot of our ten-year old godson, Kyle! Charlotte had a little dusting of winter precipitation; the brick shows off nicely against the snow. Additionally, the last couple…

Bricks and Concrete Block

Looky, looky, materials are being delivered! It appears that Bob and Wayne may actually get a house built, yet. And check out the internal structure of the foundation as it begins to go up…woohoo! As always, stay tuned for the next milestones marking completion on the project.

Gotta start with a solid foundation

Footings, footings, footings. The project at 2120 W Trade got to see some digging, laying of re-bar, and pouring of the concrete foundation. Hiccup #1:  It turns out that some areas of the lot had softer areas than originally thought.  Turns out the concrete truck had pour quite a bit more product (…almost enough for…