Day 232 - A huge hurdle... accomplished!

Driveup - noon on Friday Nov 25th.

The final details of the roof were completed today. Since we are not doing the stucco and stone until next spring, the crew is installing Tyvek to protect the exposed plywood from the weather.

This is our driveway! The pit-run gravel was spread out and a layer of crushed stone was spread out. As the gravel and stone was starting to freeze as it was getting spread out, the driveway is a bit bumpy, so we need to drive on it to pack it down as much as possible.

This photo shows the framing for the planned entertainment center. This photo is taken from inside the closet looking towards the great room.

Here we had planned to install a flat screen tv flush with the wall, and have the other components in this closet. However, as we are over budget on the house construction itself, this will have to wait. In order to make it easier to add in the future, Dave has framed in this area so we can just remove the central rectangle and then finish the edges.


This is how the electrical is installed in the exterior ICF walls.

A slot is cut in the styrofoam with a sawzall or a drywall saw and the wire is pushed into it. A chunk of foam is cut out and the box is screwed to the concrete with a Tapcon. After installation, the ICF is foamed at the top plate to seal this off which will create a dead air space.

The surprise

In yesterday's entry I wrote that we had a surprise for the crew. Because we hit our major hurdle - our first bank draw - we took a hot lunch out to the crew as a thank you.

This is Freda serving the lasagna.

Here is a hungry Patrick getting ready to chow down.






Chris energetically tackling his plate of grub.