After a week of hard work, this is the result.
The siding on the basement level is finished.
Siding
on the back half of the house is well under way. This (the back half of
the house) represents the bulk of the actual siding as there is very
little of the stuff installed on the front walls, and although there is
more on the front sides, it is easily accessed from the deck.
Access
has proven to be a big time consumer. In order to work from ladders
and/or scaffolding, the ground must be relatively flat and stable.
Our driveway and the dirt around the back of the house is not yet "to grade" and was quite rough in spots. I spent quite a number of hours on the tractor smoothing it out, filling in the low spots and topping it all off with gravel from one of the handy piles left over from early in the construction. It is paying off, and things are progressing much better now.
The first job is to install the pressure treated 1x3's around all the
doors,windows and obstructions (vents, taps, outlets, lights, etc.) then
the siding itself, and finally the white trim boards. The result is
very nice as you can see from the finished product on the basement
level. We are targeting to finish this job by the end of the month
(August) but that will depend on the amount of time we can take off from
our real jobs at the office. This is just another challenge we must
face as we move toward successful completion of our home.
Looking good!
ReplyDeleteAlex,
Deletethanks, for the kind words! It feels like a never-ending process but it is encouraging to make some progress, especially when it dramatically changes the appearance of the exterior.
I have also re-done the layout of the electrical components in the mechanical room with consideration for the electrical inspector's concerns. It looks and feels much better. I hate to say it, but he was right!
Haha nice. But yeah, think of it this way: just a year ago, there was only a hole in the ground there (or a bare basement or bare frame, can't remember the timeline :P). You guys have almost built a whole house in year while owning and running a business! Holy crap!
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