Brick Begins

We have begun brick veneering...

Day One

The masons began the veneer of the concrete block across the rear of the house and began to build the chimney and wood boxes.

This is a closer view of the back of the house.

These are wood boxes for the fireplace. They are a solid arch from outside to inside. The goal is to not have to carry wood through the house, but to load the boxes from the outside of the house. Gary spent the day making the forms for the arches.





















This is an inside view after day one. The walls and part of the bricking for the face of the fireplace is finished.





















The masons built the outside first and formed the first arches. Then they came inside and began the walls. Next time, they will finish the arches all the way to the interior and go up the chimney frame.

Cellar Steps and Floor

More Cement...

Also during our MLK break Gary poured steps going to our cellar, the cellar floor, and footers for the back porch.

This is the steps ready for concrete.

The cellar ready for concrete.

Finished steps and cellar floor.

The rain was coming in that day and the rest of the weekend. We covered the steps because of the rain. Sorry I don't have a picture of the cellar floor finished.

Shingles

Shingles...

During our MLK break in January we had shingles installed. The color of the shingles will match the color of brick we selected.

This is the crew working on the shingles.

This picture shows the color of the shingles.

Roofing complete... from the front view.

Front and side views.

The rear of the house.

The Seventh Week

From Beginning to End...

The Seventh Week just consisted of finishing up with "drying in" the house. The sheathing and house wrap was completed. The framing crew will have to come back later to put the back porch on. We must get brick on the chimney and on the foundation of the house as a veneer. Then the porch on the back can be completed. After that we can begin on siding. In the meantime, construction will move inside with installation of the HVAC system, rough plumbing and rough electrical instillation.

At the beginning of Week Seven...

And at the end of Week Seven.