Wednesday, February 22

October 18, 2011 Construction

Starting to take shape

Catching Trusses 
Catching Trusses

Finish Garage Wall 
Finishing the Garage Wall

Flying Trusses 
Flying Trusses

Start 2nd Floor 
Starting the Second Floor

2nd Floor Wall 
Second Floor Wall-south side

Back 
The Back

Front 
The Front of the House

Sheeting Back 
Sheeting the Back

Start Porch 
Starting the Porch

Sunday, February 19

October 12, 2011 Construction

Things are progressing and moving right along

Basement 
Basement

Digging Geothermal 
Digging Geothermal

Half Mile of Tubing 
Half Mile of Tubing

Installing
Installing

Dining and Laundry 
Dining and Laundry Rooms

Egress Window 
Egress Window in Basement

Elevator and Study 
Elevator Shaft and Study

First Deck 
First Floor Deck

First Wall
The First  Wall

Front Door 
Front Door

Great Room 
Great Room Wall

Second Deck 
Second Floor Deck

Wednesday, February 15

September 30, 2011 Construction

More  construction

Pouring Garage 
Pouring

Pouring 
More Pouring

Smoothing 
Smoothing

Cutting 
Cutting

Draining 
Draining

Finishing
Finishing

Garage 
Garage

More Finishing 
More Finishing

Sealing 
Sealing

Saturday, February 11

September 21, 2011 Construction

Construction continues................


Filling 
Filling

Flowing 
Flowing

Foundation Prep
Foundation Prep

Lots of trucks 
Lots of Trucks

Tuesday, February 7

September 15, 2011 Construction

Demolition continues..and construction begins

Shed Demo
Shed/chicken coop

Cleaning Up
Shed demolition-the shed/chicken coop is gone-the workshop in the background was built in the 1990’s

Crunch
Crunch

Fresh Start
This is were the shed/chicken coop was-the structure behind the tree is a barn

Footer Prep 
Footer Prep

Inspection 
My brother inspecting the site

Footing 
Footings

Footers 
Footers

Drains 
Drains

 Pouring 
Pouring

to Road
To the road

 Gravel
Gravel

Slinger
The Slinger

Monday, February 6

September 7, 2011 Construction

The old house and debris has been removed and the construction can now begin.

Last of house
The last of old house is gone.

Old Patio-Cistern
Removal of the old patio and cistern.

Removing Drive
Removing the drive.

Filling old Drive
Filling the old drive.

All Gone
The old house, drive,  patio, and cistern are all gone.

15 ft of Dirt
Digging the house foundation. 15 feet of dirt!

Hungry Loader 
Hungry, hungry loader.
(just like the book Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle)