The start of digging.
26th March
The hole gets bigger.
27th March
Timbers being cut.
30th March
Setting out the footings.
5th April
Footing forms for the front wall.
6th April
Footing forms.
7th April
Footings for the main house to mudroom transition.
9th April
Filling the footings.
12th April
After all that work, strip the forms.
13th April
First few layers of ICF block.
14th April
More blocks.
15th April
Enough block layers to need the scaffolding.
16th April
Last few blocks go up.
19th April
Pouring the walls; 75 tons of concrete go in.
22nd April
Bill helps with mudsills.
29th April
Foundation sealant mambrane.
14th May
More membrane.
16th May
Living room post footings poured.
19th May
Backfilling the garage and some of the foundation wall.
20th May
Building the mudroom/lower floor studwall.
24th May
First timbers arrive for the lower floor.
28th May
Lower floor timbers and the first couple of floor trusses.
3rd June
Floor trusses going up.
5th June
Subfloor and main heating duct installed.
7th June
Subfloor nears completion.
8th June
Main timbers arrive.
14th June
Central core timbers installed same day.
14th June
Core timbers.
14th June
Kitchen & bedroom front wall timbers.
15th June
Lots more timbers.
16th June
With thestructural timbers up, the walls start to go in.
18th June
Garage walls.
22nd June
Back walls.
23rd June
Kitchen end wall.
24th June
Bedroom end wall.
25th June
Last few bits of walls.
27th June
With the porch post footings finally poured, the posts can go in.
29th June
Topping out with the whetting bush!
30th June
I built a wall!
7 July
Bedroom ceiling decking goes up on one side.
13th July
Garage floor poured.
15th July
Bedroom ceiling done.
15th July
Porch and closet area decking.
21st July
Porch decking done.
22nd July
Living room decking.
27th July
Entrance porch decking.
28th July
Main house decking all done.
29th July
Matt, Red and Ryan; all done with the frame, walls and roof structure
17th Aug
The final bit of timber is the iteranl beam across the entrance foyer and pantry wall.
17 Aug
Wrapped up like a present; walls wrapped, roof 'foiled'.
20th Aug
Inside; the view towards the bedroom across the living room.
20th Aug
Inside; back porch view.
20th Aug
Siding support straps, bugscreen, flashing added.
24th Aug
Roof panels arrived in huge crates.
31st Aug
First panels of siding go onto the garage.
2nd Sept
Siding around the back.
3rd Sept
Window trim for the master bedroom.
4th Sept
Upper front siding.
8th Sept
Upper front siding.
8th Sept
11th Sept
Basement subflooring, layer 1.
14th Sept
Trenching for the power & water access.
15th Sept
Porch siding.
17th Sept
Some internal walls for the master bedroom.
19th Sept
Living room bump-out siding.
22nd Sept
Kitchen gable end siding.
28th Sept
Almost complete siding, mostly complete roof panelling.
28th Sept
A garage door, wiring.
4th Oct
Basement floor done, internal walls under way.
4th Oct
Basement walls completed.
5th Oct
The view from the top of the bathroom wall.
7th Oct
7th Oct
19th Oct Entry hall wall built
19th Oct
Master bathroom tub support frame
23rd Oct
Heatpump installed and hooked up
4th Nov
Fireplace fitted to kitchen/living room wall, plumbed in. Drywall all stacked up and ready to go.
5th Nov
Drywall installed all round kitchen and pantry
7th Nov
Damaged post replaced.
11th Nov
Front door installed. House is now locked up! With internal power hooked up as well we cna heat the place, just in time for cooler weather.
13th Nov
All upstairs drywall done, some downstairs as well. Outside, the last few bits of siding have been completed and the front door trimmed
14th Nov
Front door with all the siding painted.
20th Nov
Drywall taped
20th Nov
and in the bedroom
27th Nov
sub-floor for tiles in the kitchen
28th Nov
Drywall taped, mudded and sanded
1st Dec
The well is connected!
1st Dec
The fire works!