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The Beginning!! Placing the Basment Walls
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The Trucks Keep Coming!
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Beginning the Floor Trusses
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Ain't Machinery Great?
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Kathleen, Dean, and Steve
placing the trusses.
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Kathleen and Faith.
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Kathleen and Steve
Measuring for the Stair Opening.
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Bringing the Floor Sheeting.
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Dean. What can we say?
Loved working on his own home so
much that he's still on the job here!
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Moving the sheeting into place.
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Nail guns are such a work saver!
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Ooops! The "snake" moved too fast
and got accidentally nailed!!
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The Logs Arrive!!
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Placing that critical First Run!
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This takes some time, but the
rest of the house depends upon it!
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Gene behind the log stack
overlooks the progress.
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A view from the front of the house.
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The crew is closing over the
windows and doors.
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This is another "critical" time.
When that
first run on the bottom is placed just right,
then the rest fit nicely as this one does!
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Framing the interior walls.
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Dean and Donna at work.
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The loft heavy timber floor system.
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The trusses are ready to place.
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Big Day!!
Flying in and setting the trusses!
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Adding the rafters
over the loft.
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Placing the gable roof overhangs.
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Stacked up!
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The rafters are finished.
Next, sheeting the roof!
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Sheeting the dormer roof.
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Ahh . . . The Job Supervisors!!
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The roof is sheeting and has a
protective layer of tar paper.
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View from the "front".
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Interior loft area. To the
right, up a
step or two, is another neat room!
Not to worry, there will be windows
framed and installed in this area soon!
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The decks are added.
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The Porch Columns.
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Sheeting the porch roof.
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Laying the loft floor.
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Finishing the gable ends.
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Now, for the metal roof
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Steve and Kathleen up high.
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The finished metal roof.
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Spray foam insulation.
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Very heat efficient.
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Now,
The Finished Home! |
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View from the back door.
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The loft over the kitchen.
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The loft and sewing area upstairs.
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Kitchen.
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Custom center island.
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Stairs to the loft.
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Custom handrails and railings.
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The loft and sewing area.
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View from the sewing area.
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Custom window molding.
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View down from the
sewing area.
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Guest bedroom.
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Sunroom.
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Master Bedroom.
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Master Bath.
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Back porch.
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Front porch.
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Another front porch.
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Basement stairs.
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Basement stairs from below.
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Out the library window.
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Library
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Bath in basement.
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Custom drain.
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Front stair case.
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View of rear of house.
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A southward view
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Front of the house.
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