33 Walls are constructed and waiting to be erected.
34 Walls are constructed and waiting to be erected.
35 Parallel-strand lumber (PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive. It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses.
36 Gallery walls
37 Gallery wall
38 Looking out gallery
39 Looking into gallery -- this is the guest bedroom end.
40 Guest bedroom end.
41 Placing the office front wall.
42 Office front wall/window. We will have a lovely view.
43 More walls. Starting to look like a house.
44 Making huge progress. End sections are mostly framed. "Empty center" is where glass will go.
45 Garage end, guest bedrooms
46 Front--guest bedrooms. Clerestory windows
47 Center section. Tall wall is where kitchen will be. To the right of the tall wall is the pantry.
48 Kitchen wall
49 Pantry--23 feet long.
50 Office. Two view walls
51 Master bedroom view.
52 Master bedroom view
53 Fireplace structure framed. It goes through the roof of the house.
54 Fireplace structure--it will be covered with the corten porcelain tiles.
55 It is pretty big!
56 Roof trusses
57 Steel beam 18"x 55ft
58 Steel
59 Steel going up
60 Steel--front of house
61 Steel--back of house
62 A sense of the overall design...
63 Center section getting trusses--they needed a crane to get them in place.
64 Once the sheathing is on, the next step is roofing the structure.
65 The exterior porcelain tile has arrived from Spain. It will have to be stored in this container.
66 Tile is hibernating until Spring...
67 Window openings covered up.
68 Interior with plastic over window openings. It was 28 degrees outside.
69 Interior with plastic over back window openings. It was 28 degrees outside.
70 Fireplace wall with all of the windows covered.
71 Roofing is starting.
72 Underlayment for roof being lifted up.
73 Wet floor after snow/rain before roof.
74 Roof underlayment is down and PVC is being rolled out.
75 Roof underlayment is down and PVC is being rolled out.
76 Rolls of PVC
77 Parts of roof are complete, more to go.
78 Parts of roof are complete, more to go.
79 View of the various roofs
80 Done, except for over the garage. More rain today...
81 Everything (and everyone) all buttoned up...
82 Rough plumbing...
83 A work of art...
84 Laundry rough.
85 Kitchen sink plumbing.
86 Plumbing supplies
87 HVAC rough-in
88 HVAC rough-in
89 HVAC stuff
90 Septic system pipe -- it will connect with the leach field
91 Apavisa tile in Salt Lake City airport
Our tile is larger than this but it gives a good idea of what it will look like.
For a 3-D landscape video, go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2oBBIF2Zcs
92 Front entrance steel has arrived. It's BIG!
93 Unloading the front entrance.
94 Moving it...
95 Front entrance steel being fitted.
96 Front entrance steel being fitted.
97 Installing.
98 Installed. Now to add more concrete to make sure it doesn't fall over...
99 It's pretty tall!
100 Formed steel to cover wood corner posts and window posts. Sandy has to paint it...
101 Getting the wood posts covered with steel. Welding, then paint.
102 After Sandy did a lot of work, steel covering for small wood posts.
103 Elm table for kitchen island--ready for pour of epoxy material
104 Poured epoxy resin--a mix of several gray tones.
105 Resin has cured for 4 hours and shows the colors. It will cure for another 3-4 days. Ignore those weird white marks...
106 Cured resin after 4 hours.
107 This is what the elm for the table will look like after one coat of walnut stain.
108 A (bit dark) photo of the quartzite for our kitchen counters. Quartzite is a natural stone material and is harder than granite.
109 Our first fixture installed
110 Orange stuff sprayed on the wires to prevent electrical issues.
111 Ceiling wiring.
112 Wiring and boxes in garage.
113 Electrical to-do list...
114 Standing on the dirt ready for the shop pad.
115 Final piles of dirt fill for shop pad.
116 Shop pad done
117 Shop pad done. Dry Creek bed will be in the area where the bulldozer is parked.
118 Posts for shop. They will be placed inside 6' tall cardboard tubes that are then filled with concrete.
119 Two sizes of cardboard tubes for the posts.
120 Post set in tube--concrete will be poured into the tube.
121 Posts...
122 Shop slab footing framing going in.
123 First posts are in.
124 Jon and Cathy hold a conference on the big tree stump...
125 Cellulose insulation between wall studs. It is made from recycled paper products, primarily newspaper. Netting is hung from the studs and then the cellulose is piped in until the area is completely packed.
This insulation has a very high r-value and no wind can seep through it.
126 Ardex materials for the exterior porcelain tiles.
127 Window frames are finally going in!! This is the front window of the office.
128 Finally! Starting to tile...
129 Bottom to top
130 Moving along the front of the house
131 Narrow spacing between tiles.
132 Making progress!
133 Front of house!
134 Tile on side of the house moving along
135 Bad Joseph!!!! Notice he is balanced on the handle of the step stool... Only the young can do this! But, got to make sure everything is level!
136 This is Brandon. He is an awesome tile setter and is meticulous with his work. He is cutting the tile.
140 We've got clerestory frames. All of those vertical posts were wood 2x4s and Sandy had to hand-shape them so they could be covered with formed metal. This has been a HUGE job with Sandy up on the roof...
141 One of the high windows getting "framed."
142 Jon meeting with the inspector for shop footings. We passed!
143 Centerline for the shop ready for concrete pour
144 Concrete truck "spewing" its load onto the dirt pad
145 Spreading the new concrete
146 Spreading and smoothing
147 More hand smoothing. Next step was to use a machine that brushed the finish.
148 Brushing the finish.
149 Brushing the finish. Once everything is set and dry, the framing will start.
150 Poured slab for shop
151 Main beams for shop -- 64 feet long
152 Pouring the front porch slab. The 4 inches of concrete will add additional stabilization for the cantilevered (and very heavy) front porch structure.
153 Smoothing. Once this is dry and set, the jacks at the front will be removed.
154 Smooth. Sandy added our initials into the concrete! ;-)
