Roof work

We got a few straight days of predicted sun this week, so the roof replacement has begun. Not only are they raising one side of the roof to make it flat, but it will be structurally very sound to hold up that future roof deck and as many friends as we can fit up there! The blue tint is the sun shining through the blue tarp protecting all of the work in the house that's already been done.

A lot of work has been done on the inside; eventually, the outside will catch up.

Also, now that the concrete has been poured, the framing is finally going up in the basement. Ryon assures me it looks quite extraordinary when you walk in to an actual floor. No more dirt piles in our house!

Concrete poured

Good news this week. The concrete floor in the basement has been poured. It looks a little cloudy in the photo but will be sanded and polished since we're doing polished concrete floors in the basement (Ryon won that battle).

They also continue to clean up the brick walls that we will keep exposed. This is one of the fireplaces.

A few more photos of the HVAC system.

We also got our new roof permits, so work should start on that soon. Roof deck parties? I think so!

Another update

Work continues. We're hoping that the concrete floor in the basement will be poured this week since the city inspector approved the underground plumbing. Sorry, these photos aren't as exciting. Hang in there and eventually we will get to real walls, cabinets, etc.

In this one you can see the duct work run in addition to the light cans, etc in the ceiling.

Plumbing and duct work in the half bathroom on the main floor.

Duct work running in the mechanical wall between the half bathroom and the kitchen on the main floor.

That's all for now. Hopefully more soon!

We have stairs!

These are photos from April 22. And we finally have stairs! Well, at least in between the 2nd and 3rd floors there are stairs, but that counts. Still waiting on the city inspection for the underground plumbing, but once that is done the concrete floor can be poured and the stairs can be built between the 1st and 2nd floors. Also, electrical and mechanical are going in. Its a busy few weeks.

No explanation needed.


Looking down from the 3rd floor.

Can lights - I think this in the living room.


The AC vent in the floor of the master bedroom.


Ryon making sure everything is running smoothly.

Photos from April 16

It was really exciting to finally see all of the work being done on the house in person - so much better than these photos! Work continues to progress. These photos, from Saturday the 16th, show the guest bedroom framed out as well as the upstairs hall bath. More to come soon when I have a chance to do another update.

This is looking into the guest bedroom on the top floor (office is to the right). You can see the framing for the pocket door on the floor in the right bottom corner of the photo.

The port window in the guest bedroom.

The ceiling over the guest bedroom and bathroom. The roof will be raised some to flatten it for our future roofdeck (it currently has a steep pitch). We dropped the ceiling over the guest bed and bath so we can have attic crawl space.

The guest bathroom.

Plumbing

Work has been a little slower the last few weeks. We've had to make a few changes to the structural plans, etc and get the approval from the city to hook up the gas line, so it has taken a bit of time. But we want to make sure that everything is done correctly and we foresee all potential future issues with improvements we want to make to the house (i.e. the structural plans need to be detailed to the point that they show the roof load can hold our future roof deck). This all has to be completed before we re-do the roof.

This week, the plumbing is going in. See photos below. We hope that next week the concrete floor will be poured and they can begin removing and replacing the roof.

The first 'room' framed

Okay, and now I'm caught up on my posts. Ryon took these yesterday. The first shows more framing going up on the main floor. Notice all the old, peeling plaster is off of the walls.

And our dining room windows are framed. Actually glass windows coming soon?

And the most exciting, the first rooms framed in the house! (Also known as the coat closet and the powder room).