Month Two

Happy Independence Day!

The three days since the foundation pour has brought very visible change. All the floor joists are now framed and the garage walls are up. Even the tray ceiling in the living room is now framed. In the past five weeks we've gone from the original walls, through demo to the new floor framed. At the two month mark, we're eagerly anticipating "sticks up," the point in a build where the wall frames emerge from the foundation.

Rough plumbing goes in next week. To ensure that placement fits with the fixtures we want, we spent a couple hours today verifying our fixture choices with John and Lynn Hammerschmidt. This feels like our third pass through those selections. It's not Laura's favorite part of the build.

Off site, we placed the appliance order. That surfaced a hitch. Our cabinet guy pointed out that the microwave was, uh, bigger than expected for the layout. Interesting. This is the same model microwave we'd picked out in October 2007, and it was the single appliance model that had been consistent the whole time. Luckily, the order isn't slated for delivery for a few more weeks. That will bring me the opportunity to experience how flexible GE is with adjusting orders.

Progress won't be quite as visible next week. To make way for the new rough plumbing, the old ducting, drains and plumbing will be yanked. Then comes the underfloor inspection.

When you look at how much has occurred in just this past month,

Progress

Panoramas

it gets even easier to see the promise of what is coming.