A flurry of activity on Thanksgiving week

All in all this post represents a week of activity. What didn't get captured in this post were the many trips to Lowes, Home Depot, 84 Lumber before and after work. Thursday was Thanksgiving and the whole family that could come was at our house. We all can't wait for it to be done so our family gatherings will be accomodated better by the new kitchen. It was nice to see so much progress on the project and it was GREAT to have the family over to share the holiday with us.

Just a note regarding the framers and the roofers. Both crews were highly professional and highly skilled. Both offerred suggestions and asked questions to insure that the job was done correctly. Watching the saw man on the framing crew was entertaining as he didn't miss a cut. His boss said that he had better saw gr8 because he will not climb a ladder and sawing good keeps him on the ground.

The framers started and the natural gas folks decided to also work that day and slowed the traffic on the street.
Framing begins as the lake side wall goes up first. 26' engineered beam acts as the header above what will be a full wall of 7' high windows/doors.

A piece of engineered wood also acts as the header above the fireplace and support for the roof ridge engineered beam.

Getting ready for for the ridge beam by finishing the back wall

Working on the extension of the 2nd story deck overhang to match the rest of the house.

The gas guys get the line to the house after a full day of trenching through the rock in the front yard and breaking the trencher once.

Friday and Saturday the roofers and the framers were here. This meant that 12 to 13 people were busting their tails from dawn til dusk on our house.

The roofers ripped off the old shingles, put 48 square of new architectural shingles down, installed all the new ridge cap and cleaned up in 2 days.

Worked continued on the kitchen.

Once the kitchen's roof was on the new screen porch extension got its roof so the roofers could get the entire roof complete.

A view of the new roof from street level

A view from the back yard.

The deck framing starts to be constructed

A view of inside the new addition showing the skylights and area for the glass wall.

A view of the side of the house where the fireplace chimney will be built soon.

Framing crew starts today

Santos arrives from North Augusta with his crew to start framing

Laying out the sill plates with PT 2x10's.

Installing the floor joists


Continued

5 guys on the crew

Cut off the soffit and facia on the roof lines that will be extended.

Ditto on the roof line of the main house

Getting ready to go up.....................

Haven't had an update in awhile so I just thought there should be one even though not much visibly has been done to the new kitchen. The structural engineering has been done, structural beams ordered. The glass wall has not arrived yet nor have the skylights. We have gotten bids on the framing and, once all the ordered materials arrive, we will have the kitchen framed and have new architectural shingles put on the house.

Here is a picture showing how far the pond is down. The water is usually almost up to the tree trucks.

The foundation has been backfilled by hand and the inside is being dug out to create a little storage for yard tools and fishing/boat stuff.

A view from the upper deck. You can see the sand (that used to be in the drivewayand was hauled down wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow by Jonathan) is down by the bank of the pond creating a beachy look. Also notice the vibrant red berry in the 50' tall holly tree.