Foundation Preparation

The foundation is taking shape today...the polyethylene vapor barrier has been put down and the reinforcing steel has been set in the trenches. Looks like we will being seeing some concrete sometime next week.
We need to verify the location of the sink along the island before next week. Electrical rough-in for the floor outlets in the hobby room and the kitchen island is still not done. This should be done once the top layer of rebar is put down.

Who let this guy on the site?

Not much to see {Aug 10}

There has not been much of a change in the last two days. The trenches have been cleaned out today and some of the site dirt at the rear was moved around. Yesterday was a bit muggy and muddy. Lots of mosquitoes, too!

I'm so excited! {Aug 08}

Just got back from Houston and I am so excited to see how the project has progressed. The rough-in plumbing is in and the temporary power was being set-up when I arrived at the site this afternoon.

Is anyone else excited?

While in Houston we made it to RAM industries to see some window and sliding door samples. Pretty nice... Will go see what the local manufacturer has to offer in the morning.

You put some fill in, you take some fill out... {Aug 4}

Trenching has begun! All of this soon to be filled with rebar and concrete.

The outline. {Aug 2}

Little by little the project will start to take shape. With the outline in place we can now have a virtual walk on site. Still hard to get a good sense...but when the walls will go up and we will have a much better feel for the spaces.

A whole LOTTA fill. {July 27}

Not much to see yet but the excitement begins here.

A future glimpse...

How close to the renderings will it turn out? I guess we can only wait and see. Things tend to change when construction begins.

What's this house all about?

Design began and went through its phases and its changes. There is no wonderful sentence or paragraph to describe what the design "means" but hopefully we captured the needs and the wants of the family in some way. The view of Lake James is of course a major asset of the site and a large factor on the layout of the house. Heres the site when we began last year.