We didn’t start dormer 2 this weekend – due to the supposed rain on sunday – that never came and it was beautiful on sunday – all well! Ryan got a few things buttoned up on the first dormer and built the first wall for dormer 2 so it’s ready to go next weekend. We …
This weekend Ryan and his Dad spent most of the weekend closing up and putting a roof on the first dormer! It was a lot of work but it’s pretty close to done now (obviously we are waiting on windows to arrive and we have to buy siding too which I think I found the …
So far Tuesday and Wednesday night we’ve been at the house so Ryan and his dad could work. Mark got the chimney finished up – I think it needs one last cap piece to cover the center but otherwise it’s finished… it looks awesome! I don’t have an updated picture of the dormer because they …
This weekend started out with Friday night – Ryan’s dad came over after work and continued work on the chimney! It’s very close to done now and looks great with diamonds along the top! On Saturday we had to go pick up our boat in the morning and got to the house around noon. Ryan …
On Sunday Ryan built us a fire pit in the back yard – down near the lake. The weather is exactly perfect for it and we’ll be able to burn our leaves and brush this fall. It’s in a flat spot too so we can sit around it for an evening fire when we want! …
This past weekend Ryan replaced the rotted sill plate under the front door and finished securing the smaller beam in the basement! Jacking up work is done! On Sunday with the help of Ryan’s dad they got the rest of the demo done in preparation for putting in dormers. I had to unwire/rewire a bit …
The weekend before last we spent all day Saturday working on filling our dumpster … so bathroom demo time! We got a good portion of the upstairs bathrooms demo’d and I took up carpet tacks and trim off of 2 of the bedrooms upstairs when there was no room in a bathroom for 2 people …
Technically we are done jacking up all 3 of the beams we installed (thanks to Ryan’s Dad’s help today – they got it finished up) but 2 of the beams are really finished (bracket installed). We have to drill holes in the steal brackets for the 3rd beam still. We still have some jacking up …
We had a very productive weekend. We got 2 beams (doubled LVLs) installed with jacks – the real posts are on order so we are waiting for those. In the mean time we were able to start jacking up the original beam and our 2 new beams. We can’t just jack up all the sag …
Last weekend Ryan finished up the footings Friday night and Sunday morning. They look great! We had trouble finding the right size adjustable posts and actually had to order them off of amazon of all places for building materials! We spent our day off (Monday) making some brackets to support the beams and starting to …