This week the crew is finishing up the shingles on our roof.
The back is almost done!
Windows and doors go in TOMORROW while they finish the last of the work on the roof and the siding will be added next week. Also next week: drywall. (But not until Thursday so you’ll have to wait two weeks for the pics since I’m doing this series on Wednesdays. Bummer.) I can’t wait to see it all walled in! I think that will really help give us a good idea of how it will look when we live there.
This week the crew also finished a lot of framing work, like adding supports to our roof trusses, fire stops to the chimney and sealing/insulating a lot of seams and around the electric work and plumbing. The pool company also came and painted the outline for the pool so they can start excavating next week. Eddie ran some speaker wire to the back porch so we can have music playing in the pool area and he also ran the wiring for surround sound in case we ever agree to do that in our living room. (I’m not a huge fan of spending the $ for surround sound in a room that’s not that big, to begin with, but it was way cheaper and easier to run the wires now that it would be later.)
We passed our initial framing, electric, and plumbing inspections. Yay!
Only 6 or 7 more weeks to go!
Tip: This week we went around the house and took pictures and videos of every wall so that we could document how the plumbing and electric work is run. This was a trick my Uncle Sonny shared with us. He said that he always recommends doing that when you are building new construction. That way later when we want to add built-ins or if we do something more complicated, like remove a wall, we will know what is inside the wall.
Wow. We are living our fourth home, third we built, second full custom build. Can be a NIGHTMARE, but you end up (hopefully!) with EXACTLY what you want.
Good luck. It’s coming along!
Holy cow that is so exciting!!! Love the tip to take pictures for reference where the electric and plumbing is, so smart!!!