The Start of the Finishing!

While framing continued upstairs, Simon continued to install doors and windows all week.


Working very carefuly and with great precision, he was able to install up to 4 doors each day.

The wall between Evan's room and the Kid's Den takes shape,

Evan's room, still full of lumber!

The arch top windows in the Master Bedroom were placed, involving a little bit of custom adapting!

More bedroom level framing was completed:

The huge iron front door arrived this week! It was so heavy that the full crew was needed to get it into place, and that was just the frame and the transom! 

The frame was bolted to the rough framing, then each door (without the glass) took 2 people to carry and set onto the hinges. After the door frame was plumbed and squared, the glass panels were hung onto the doors.

The plumbers made a lot of progress this week! This view of the crawlspace behind the kitchen shows all of the waste lines for the upstairs bathrooms:


The plumbing in the wall between bathrooms and above the crawl space was also worked on:

As soon as enough windows and doors were installed,  the waterproofers from All Year Roofing came and caulked around all of the windows:

I guess to be a roofer you can't have a fear of heights!

A special caulking heavy-duty was used,  and all gaps between ICF,  concrete and window jambs were completely sealed.

Thomas Craven, the garage door finisher, came by to show me some finish samples.  He had one that matched the door and window finish,  and I thought would look really nice for the garage doors,  so we made the deal! 

The waste line was extended from the fitting in the middle of the driveway to the north side yard.  This would take the waste from the master bathroom and the roof sink.

The raised floor for the tub area in the Master Bathroom was started.

The stairs between the lower and upper roof decks were formed,

as well as the upper roof deck parapet walls.

The fire sprinkler company started installing the special orange piping this week.  They went very quickly;  in just a few days,  most of the pipe was placed.  

I had my guys cut out the foam channels and notch the steel joists,  so it was fairly straight forward.  

We still had to figure out how to run the lines to the proper locations,  and get the sprinkler heads at the right height.  

Sometimes this would mean making a little loop at the sprinkler heads.

Next week, some more exterior details!