Looking Warm and Green

It's busy on the construction site! We had insulation guys stop by and finish their work, the electrician has been in and out, inspectors keep approving framing, siding continues to go up, and did I mention the drywall crew starts on Tuesday? Yeah, so the house has to be empty on Monday morning. Completely. 

Insulation in kids bedroom (which doesn't have an ICF wall because of the gable).

More insulation, specifically Sarah's closet area and bedroom wall.

Looking the other direction at the insulation.

A Tour of the House in Siding

The back corner

The back.

The Porti cochere.

The front porch.

Working on the East side.

Putting in the window frame.

Up on scaffolding.

Don't fall!

The East side, nearing completion.

Be careful going up and down.

Working in the tight spots in the dormer.

The front of the house, all done except the dormer.

The screen porch!

And the siding on the house goes round and round...

Lots of things have been happening at this house and this blogger has been away on some trips.... So here is a big update of the last few weeks!

The porch ceiling is put together.

This is the front porch coming together.

The floor boards are on and stained twice!

What do you think of the color combo?

Painting the facing boards for the stairs.

The screen porch in progress!

The friends stop by to check out progress on the screen porch.

You can check that box off!

The front porch stairs without the face boards.

The inside of the screen porch.

The screen porch goes on!

Work finishes up under the porte-cochere.

The porte-cochere is finished!

CUBS WIN, some of the time.

We spend a lot of time moving boards and stuff around.

And around...

Siding continues

The siding has continued going around the house.

Notice the driveway- it is lots of fun to get back to our current house.

The soffit before it gets covered.

The walkway or danger zone, which ever name you prefer.

The work at the peak.

Porch Progress

It rained on Friday, so the siding crew moved under tarps and the porch roof to work on building a porch deck. Of course, it was raining so there aren't many pictures...

The workstation made with scaffolding and tarps.

Putting in the boards to hold everything up.

The boards were drilled into the strips of plastic in the ICF blocks.

They were also screwed or bolted (I didn't see) into the brick columns.

Snazzy family

April is a month with many dances and fancy events at school so there are lots of pictures of us all dressed up at the house.

Is he really going to use that blade to cut the tag???!!

More Siding!

Working on the Porte-cochere.

Getting all the edge pieces on first.

Green siding goes on...

Almost done with the side of the porte-cochere.

Working up the back of the house.

Getting closer to the top (actually, the back is done right now but I don't have a picture yet).

Aliens Invade (a.k.a. We get Insulation!)

Don't they sort of look like Aliens?

The skylights are surrounded in foam and sealed up.

It's hard to see, but Jeff built a complicated foam box around a chase to prevent insulation for falling all the way to the basement.

The siding goes up, up, up

They started in the back corner...

Each corner has two pieces of trim for all the board to hit at the end.

The first boards go up on the back.

Slow and steady progress.

Getting up close to the second floor windows.

The current state of things. This siding goes on slowly because the concrete boards are heavy and hard to lift. But it looks really good!

Easter

The family, all dressed up.

Jeff with his W sign! Go Cubs!

Jeff and our neighbor Franz chill out in the afternoon.