Getting ready for the Last Floor

In the last few weeks the iron workers at Universal Iron Doors created some of the fun details for the doors.  These rosettes were custom fashioned to my specifications,  based on an existing historical rosette design.   

The transom frame is taking shape too.  soon it will be welded to the door frame.

Back on site,  now that the Kitchen walls were filled,  we started prepping for the last of the floor levels,  the Kid's bedroom level.  This is the largest slab to be poured yet and includes the 2 kid's bedrooms,  the kid's den and bathroom,  a guest bedroom and bath,  and the laundry room.

First,  the rear footing needed to be cleared and prepped for the short walls that support the back section of this slab.

The dirt that was being stored in the diningroom and kitchen floors was moved to the back crawlspace to get ready to backfill.  

Evan worked a hard, hot day shoveling with the laborers!

More to report from my iron door company. Towards the end of the week, Sam called me and said that the transom was finished! When I got there I saw almost complete doors with all of the iron detail!

Laying on sawhorses was the complete frame with the transom attached. The guys all got together to raise it up, but it was too tall for the workshop!

Here is a closer view of the transom. It was so much fun designing iron work, I plan on doing a lot more in the future!