Wednesday, December 31, 2014

High Points - Start to finish

The road building begins

This machine cut down and ground up the trees and roots in a couple of swift movements

The soil had to be removed about 2' deep and replaced with stone

The beginning of the basement

We harvested lots of rocks, but didn't find any gold

Forming the basement

A pump truck for the concrete walls

The walls are ready for the floor to be poured 

The beams are ready for the steel decking

Ready to pour the main floor


The steel support structure is going up

The framing begins

The large roof beams are being set on the steel structure

The roof starts out with 2x12's

Then plywood decking, 2x4's foam and finally metal roofing

After dense pack cellulose insulation the sheet rock and primer

The finished house at night


The patio to the main entrance

The master bathroom

The office in the loft over the kitchen

The master bedroom

The living room as viewed from the loft

the living room 

The entrance hallway

The skylight from the roof walk balcony

View from the top of the stairs

The living room

The Kitchen

The main floor bedroom

The main floor bathroom

Tile Details

Tile Details

Tile Details

Tile Details

Tile Details

Tile Details

Tile Details

The lower floor bedroom


Lower floor bathroom

The lower floor bathroom 

Lower floor bathroom

The shop looking in

The mechanical room - Electrical panels in the foreground, then the solar panel controllers and the backup batteries

The mechanical room air handlers

The shop looking out