Tag Archives: home addition

Pseudo-time lapse of our home addition thus far, as viewed from the backyard. If you can’t get the embedded video to play, here’s the You Tube link: Home Addition.

On Monday a big Peterbuilt arrived to drop (literally) a lot of sand for the stucco. If you can’t get the embedded video to play, here’s the YouTube link: Sand Drop. On Monday and Tuesday, the first layer of stucco, … Continue reading →

We have walls! Despite being a holiday week, the addition kept moving forward (yay!). Drywall went up on Monday and Tuesday last week. The metal edging on every drywall corner was done on Wednesday. Everyone (including us) took Thursday off … Continue reading →

Baby is due on Thursday (although she’ll probably be late). The house will also be late; we’re still about 3 weeks out from being done. After last Saturday’s flooding in the family room, we dried out fairly quickly. Monday was … Continue reading →

We dried out fairly well after last weekend’s rain. Marty and Scott worked on various smaller tasks this week (more plumbing, wiring, etc.) and one big task…removing the interior wall in the baby’s bedroom and installing the new window. When … Continue reading →

Lots of progress this week! More wiring, including cable tv, phone and internet. We’re future-proofing as much as possible even though everything will be wireless one day, that day is not here yet. On Thursday I came home from running … Continue reading →

Last week Marty and Scott moved onto plumbing, wiring and windows! Home Addition Photo Gallery

Lots of little details added last week, but the framing is done! (I think) The guys spent a whole day on the roof, but I’m not crawling up there to see what changed, we’re just gonna go with “the roof … Continue reading →

After the previous week’s minimal advancement, it was nice to see more progress this week. The roof framing is done as is the roof framing for the balcony. The windows and sliding glass doors arrived this week, but continue to … Continue reading →

Mother Nature was not on our side last week. An early fall storm started lightly on Tuesday and ran late through Wednesday night. Normally, I love this kind of weather, but with the wooden state of our addition, not so … Continue reading →