         
Photos from the third phase of construction following
completion of framing. This stage includes electrical, plumbing and
heat/ventilation rough-in. We're doing our own installation of low-voltage
wiring, including the telephone, cable TV, computer network, ceiling
speakers and security sensors.
Most recent photos are at the top of the page.
Week 24 (Aug 14-20)
Interior walls are looking smooth. Next step will be
texture. We'll be getting a texture called "old world". The crew started
applying stucco on Tuesday.
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Interiors walls after tape and mud
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Stucco application is underway
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Nice view of scratch coat
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Letting the first coat dry
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Applying second stucco coat
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John Joy designs custom art glass windows
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John showing some example photos
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Sketching a design for bathroom window
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Design sketches
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Glass samples
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Drywall texturing applied in the kitchen and hallway
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Close-up of second stucco coat
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View of house with second stucco coat
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Week 23 (Aug 7-13)
Work has started on tape and mud for the sheet rock.
Exterior doors have arrived. Sue and I painted some textured sheetrock to
see how our paint will look.
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Kitchen sheet rock smoothed with tape and mud
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Some doors have arrived
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Plaster mix for exterior stucco
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Door on side of garage installed. It's supposed to be hinged on the other side.
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Temporary front door installed
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Doors on back side of house. The near one is the side garage entry. The other is for access to the water heater.
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Baron is helping with the sheet rock work.
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Manuel, Baron's person, works on smoothing the sheet rock
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Paint colour for the guest bedroom
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Paint colour for the front entry and kitchen
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Here's our main colour palette. The middle colour is for the living/dining room
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Paint chip from Martha Stewart that closely matches our palette
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Week 22 (July 31-Aug 6)
Sheetrock was installed this week. The pocket
doorframe installed for the front office. On the weekend we started checking
out paint colors and worked on the dimensions for the fireplace mantel.
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Sheetrock is going in
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Sheetrock going into the kitchen
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Installing sheetrock in garage
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Looking much brighter with all this whiteness
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Installing the bathtub
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Covering the pocket door frame by the front hallway
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Kitchen colors
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Living room colors
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The sunny yellow color on the right is for the office. The color on the left is for the living room
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Cutting in a recessed box for security panel
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Working on the dimensions of our fireplace mantel
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Medallion that we're looking at for our porch
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Close-up of the medallion
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Week 21 (July 24-30)
The paper and wire for stucco was finished and insulation
installed. The crew had to do some work under the living room to shore up
the floor because our hardwood floor company thought it had too much
"bounce". We decided to install the prep for air conditioning so that it
would be easy to add later.
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Prepping for stucco
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Some of the wire runs that Sue and I installed
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Jose and Davios
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Attaching wire for stucco support
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Installing half-timbers
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Sheetrock material has arrived. It goes in next week.
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Insulation ready to be installed
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Walls and ceilings packed with insulation.
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Looks very cosy!
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Latest exterior view of house
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Week 20 (July 17-23)
The roof was installed and Sue and I did more work on the
wiring. We had a terrible heat wave this week but it did not seem to slow
down the roofers.
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Loading up roof material
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Loading roof materials onto conveyor
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Working up on the roof
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That's a steep roof. Hold on to the rope!
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View of the progress
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Scaffold around turret
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Inspector Bob signs off
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Jose is hard at work
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Paper and wire for stucco is going up
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Roof's done!
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Week 19 (July 10-16)
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Fireplace has arrived
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Installing fireplace
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Securing fireplace ductwork
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Installing flashing around turret
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Venting for fireplace in roof
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Fireplace duct
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More fireplace duct in attic
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Plumbing vents in attic
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Electrician Dave installing ground wire
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Electrician Gary wires our panel
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Plumbing
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Plumber installing pipes
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More pipes up in our attic
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Some of the wiring Sue and I installed
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We started running wires under the attic floor
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Week 18 (July 3-9)
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Plumbers roughing in drains
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Going over electric plan with Electrician Gary
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Arch added over garage door
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Installing box for network and phone connections
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Adding conduit. This is so we can add or change wiring later without ripping up walls
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Light cans installed in living room
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Light cans in kitchen
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Heating/venting crew crawling under house. The hole is where the furnace will be installed
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Borrowed Gary's "Hole Hog" drill. This bores through the double stud plate in seconds.
The orange wall box at bottom is for an iPod dock and volume control for audio in bathroom. |
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Cutting holes for low-voltage wire runs back to wiring closet.
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Sheet metal appears on our roof.
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Installing rain gutters
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Dale measures for hardwood floors
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Gary wiring up lights
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Week 17 (June 26-July 2)
This week the framing was inspected and a few corrections
made. Then windows were installed. Electricians Gary and Dave arrived to
begin roughing in wall boxes and wiring. We started installing some
low-voltage wall boxes, but need to wait until more electric wiring is in
place so we know how to route around it.
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Structural engineer Ryan inspects Raul's framing work
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The windows and skylights have arrived!
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Windows and skylights stacked up in our garage
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Architect Steve consults with Raul about the kitchen window
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Electrician Dave putting in the wiring
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Electrician Gary drilling holes with his "Hole Hog"
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Raul and crew installing windows
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Steve and Raul inspect the framing above kitchen window
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Master bedroom window. New electric panel is on left
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Getting ready to install low-voltage wall boxes
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2-gang wall boxes in our wiring closet. We'll pull wires through these and then into the wiring panel.
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Construction III 
