Porch floor, ceiling, railing

Coming soon, stairs.   They have been started, but the photo has yet to be uploaded.

 

 

Doors and siding

When I got home, much of the siding had been put on.   I think that they need to have the windows and doors in place before they side around them.   The outer doors were delivered on Friday, so now I can turn a handle and go out onto the deck or the front porch.

 

The house from the street.   The new roof harmonizes with the existing one.

 

 

The front door from the inside.   I like the glass panel.

 

The deck door is full glass.

 

 

From the outside.   The deck has had the heat sealing done, so I think it is almost finished.   It still needs a railing.   That may be put in after painting.   It still needs siding too, of course.

 

 

The new electric panel is in place, waiting for the city to move the hookup from the old location to the new.   The wire is in place to backfeed the power to the panel in the basement.   How long that takes will depend somewhat on how the city organizes the transfer, because they have to connect the new and disconnect the old, two different operations.

 

 

I have two more planter boxes to build, one more for the hallway and another to put where the laurel bush in the yard is.   Then I can call up to get some compost delivered.   I got a bunch of bulbs yesterday to plant in them.

 

 

 

 

Trip to Atlanta

Mom and I went to Atlanta to visit Loren last week.   I flew from Seattle, arriving Sunday and leaving Wednesday.   Mom flew from Tucson, arriving on Sat and leaving the next Sat.   I took my camera, but only got a few pics.   Here are Mom and Loren next to Loren's new car.

 

 

Mom and Loren in front of the house.

 

 

and Mom and I in front of the house.   My camera does a timer shot, but I had forgotten how to use it and since we were on our way out I didn't have time to figure it out.

 

 

We went out to dinner and to a musical on Tues night and had a lovely time.   THe musical was Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, which was very cool.   The musician's were kids from the local high school -- it's great that they are having a chance to shine.   They played well too.

Deck! Windows! Siding!

Lots of stuff going on.

 

 

The membrane for the deck surface has been mostly laid down.   I came home on Monday night and found Jake and the roofing guy still there, putting down the membrane.   They ran out of material, glue, light and energy at about the same time.   Long day for them, but it looks great.

They need to put down the last bit and then the roof guy will heat seal the edges.   The bits that are covered with tyvek (the white stuff) get covered with trim.   The membrane itself goes up the edge, so the roof surface itself is sealed everywhere.   It is so totally cool.

Windows!  That is Nate in the pic above, nailing a window in place.  They are all set in now, except for one opening left to let them put the sheetrock inside.

 

Siding is starting ...

 

 

The wiring guy is here too, putting up blue boxes for outlets (lots! :-) including some in the ceiling).   I don't have pics of them yet though.

 

 

Roof! Arf!

Ok, no dogs, not really.   But roofing, yep ...

 

The top of the roof is covered with asphalt shingles, just like a good roof should be.   The cricket is covered too.

 

 

Nice, huh?   This is from the deck, looking back at the house.   Nice and pointing and water run offy.   With flashing too.   This confusing picture shows the join to the house on the street side, taken from the front window.

 

 

There is a little wall next to the hall on the outside of the deck.  The inspector required it for the venting, though I didn't understand the logic.   Also, hose bib.  ;-)

There is also more wall in the downstairs room (again, required by the inspector), to cover over the lip in the concrete.

And stairs up into the basement.

 

All sorts of progress.

 

 

Plumbing in red, white and blue

See? Americana or maybe French or British or Auz ... though I don't seem to have any pics with all colors together.

Plastic pips look so easy to work with. Nice.

Also, tub/shower combos, one for upstairs and one for down.

Black pipes too ...

New wood. Jake said that siding is starting -- he & Nate can work outside on the siding while the plumbers and electricians work inside.

Seal around the windows.

The moon was visible from the deck.

Parklet

In San Francisco, for example:

Outside my house:

It's not finished -- needs dirt. [It also probably needs to be leveled a bit.] OTOH, I have one of my planter boxes done. I plan to do 3 more -- one more like this one on the other side of the path and two more next to these ones (around the trees), but only one board high, not two.

Also, of course, no bench and no coffee drinking dude, but that's ok. I plan to fill them with flowers, I think that will look nice. The area between the box and the sidewalk or street will be covered with mulch for now. Someday I may put in ground cover instead, once I decide on what kind.

Roof, porch, inside walls

A lot has happened since I last posted.

Jake brought in a crew who put a roof on the hallway section.

He also built the porch and put a roof on it too.

The kitchen window is a little awkward, but that is a design problem. There are only so many things one can move around to make them fit and that one just has to be strange.

The cricket is in place now, with a cover in case it rains.

Inside walls are going up. Downstairs,

and on the main floor.

It's going to be a giant closet. :-)


Jake put in a window on the lower stairs, which will help bring light down into the lower hallway. It has a nice wide ledge too.

Next week, windows and doors. The upper floor hallway will get a full glass door. I think I shall use it for a sitting room, where I can look out over the skyline when it is too cold to go out on the deck. It will work as a guest bedroom too.