Perfect storm day

A whirlwind of a day with the trades - and no fights!  Working on the outside, we had the stucco guys on the North wall, George and a helper doing the soffits and some work on the copper roof, Juvenal doing the trim prep areas at the roof level and Virgilio finishing the roof sections and flat on the porch.

Inside, we had the tapers back for round 2, Sam cleaning up and prospective painters and tile providers touring the place.  Busy, busy, busy!

Odds and ends

Hersh was back to do some carpentry odds and ends - shower thresholds, some boxes downstairs and the stair landing.



 

Basement Framing, Plumbing

My friend Hersh was back today to frame the basement.  I missed his smiley face in the morning.  He must have known I'd have the temporary heat running.  Plumbing on the first floor ceiling continued.  We're using a "super" PEX that has a wider diameter tube, but most importantly plastic fittings.  Some of the PEX systems installed in the last decade or so are showing rust where the crimp fittings were touching the tube... some were even failing.

 

 

 

Carpentry... done (almost)

Hersh and his team are done (for  now!).  Of course they'll be back a few times when they're needed and they'll be back to finish the basement, but for now... gone.  I'll miss getting yelled at :-)

Carpentry details

Hersh finished a lot of the outstanding items on the carpentry side today - including the roof of the breakfast bar and the awesome landing skylight.

Breakfast area roof

Ceiling detail

Last window

Exterior details

Hersh and his team are now working on the exterior details - small roofing area over the garage, bay window and  breakfast bar.

Curves

Hersh keeps cursing the architect and I for the curves all over the roof line and front details... but I know he secretly loves doing these "custom" details that really round out the look of the house.

Carpentry details

Busy day at the office

Very busy day today - which is always a good thing.  As Hersh and his crew finish the roof sheeting and start on the smaller roof areas (3 in the front, 1 in the back), Juvenile is around doing some of the to-dos on the inside of the house.  

Virgilio has arrived with his crew, and Hersh has been nice enough to use the zoom boom machine to lift all of the shingles and ice shield up - saves a ton of time.  

To top it off, the plumber was here today specing out the drain lines, the flooring guy was here to measure and show samples to Cheryl, and Tony from Stairtech was here to suss out the stair situation.  

Breathe....

Sheeting almost done

Roof almost ready

Sheeting begun

The sheeting has begun.  We're almost done the back of the house and the day is young.

Roof complete

The last dormer at the back is almost done and we're putting the last touches on the roof (beveling the flat area, framing the deck for the skylight).  Sheeting soon!

Bell curves

Ahhh... Bell curves... I've never been sworn at more from Hersh :-).  At the end of the day, he knows he loves the distinctive look (and work) of bell curves, but they are very time consuming!

Front framing continues

The dormers are complete and we're starting to get things ready for the bell curves around the eaves, which is fiddly, time consuming work.

Digging out

The mild weather continues.  I spent some time shoveling this morning after a dump yesterday, but this weather is really quite amazing.  

Work continues on the front of the house today - getting the dormers set up is really making the true shape of the house come to life.

Front roof

Work has begun on the front roof lines.  It will get a little tedious here, as there are many hips and valleys to work out.  Looking good though.