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new house addition construction page
This is the home page of the house addition project
12/21/02
The garage doors are now fitted. I have run an extension lead
out to operate the opener - all working fine and looking great!
Gary and Mike worked today on the back garage door and clearing
the area... I finished all of the framing in the old garage
(with the exception of the wall between the closet and the
bathroom). Everything is ready to be sheetrocked on the corridor
side - I may get some on Monday, time permitting...
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12/20/02
The front door to the garage and the windows are now fitted
with the exception of the big feature window and french doors
on the second floor. I removed the old garage doors to make
room for framing the opening tomorrow . The new garage doors
will be fitted to their new location on Saturday morning...
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12/19/02
Much progress has been made on the roof. The front of the
house has been shingled ready for an expected rain storm tomorrow
(Friday)...
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12/18/02
The whole roof is now installed, the shingles arrived today
and work has started on the front side of the building. Good
weather tomorrow should hopefully see the completion of the
roof before the rain and snow returns on Friday...
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12/14/02
I started to frame out the old garage today to make a new
bedroom and bathroom for Lee. My first attempt at framing
let along using a nail gun but aside from the odd bent nail
here and there, it's all standing and looking good so far...
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12/13/02
Half the roof is on and the rest has tarp on it - looking
good so far. The other half may be tackled tomorrow depending
on good old New England weather...
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12/11/02
All the walls are in place upstairs, still no roof but that
will be tackled on Friday after the expected snow storm on
Thursday...
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12/10/02
Rafters and scissor trusses are going in position, roof should
be complete as of today - minus the actual wood cladding and
shingles of course...
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12/07/02
I decided to remove the siding and facia from the old garage
door - it was a bit of a shock to find that most of the supports
had been eaten away by carpenter ants... at least this whole
area is to be ripped out and rebuilt...
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12/06/02
Today it snowed so not much work was accomplished, here are
a few pics of the addition under snow!...
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12/05/02
All the walls are now in place on the second floor, the scissor
trusses for the roof have been lifted up into position ready
to be nailed in place tomorrow. The cladding has also been
delivered and will also be installed tomorrow, weather permitting.
There is a couple of inches of snow forcast for tonight but
hopefully that won't hold things up...
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12/04/02
The second floor now has the gable end framed and the back
wall in place with the rough openings for the windows and
french doors. Tomorrow, the remaining wall will go up together
with the scissor trusses and exterior cladding, snow permitting...
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12/03/02
The first floor now has walls... next lot of lumber has been
delivered and stacked on top ready for the 2nd floor framing
to start tomorrow. Should be in a position to start roofing
on Thursday if the snow holds off enough. It's been bitterly
cold today - temps down to 8 degs with a biting wind...
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12/01/02
The subfloor is now laid, so we have a ceiling on the garage and a floor upstairs!! All we need now are the walls
for the first floor and a roof... this should start on Tuesday after the next lot of lumber is delivered. Watch this space...
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11/27/02
Almost have a ceiling on the garage!... the beams are in place and the subfloor should be added on Friday after
Thanksgiving. Hopefully the 2nd floor walls should follow soon after...
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11/26/02
Framing at last... the wood was delivered this morning and work is moving fast - the 1st floor frame is almost complete!...
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11/19/02
Today is Tuesday, drive was paved today... looks good!! Have to wait 3 days
before we can drive on it though... it's all starting to take shape now... next
step - framing!
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11/15/02
Well... I found out what to do with all the spruce trees... pay someone $700 to chip them :( more expense...
The trees were all gone by 9:30 this morning... also have a load of 1.5" crushed stone being delivered,
this will be leveled out and a new drain put in today ready for the driveway to be paved on Monday...
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11/14/02
Slab was poured this morning... Also took down about 25 spruce trees that was blocking out the light from
the hardwood trees in the forest. It looks a lot clearer now and with some more backfill arriving in the next
couple of days and the driveway being repaved on Monday, it's looking good. Now... just have to find out
what to do with 25 felled spruce trees...
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11/13/02
I have been away for a few days in the UK so did not get a chance to photograph every thing
that has happenend over the last few days. Needless to say, when I got back, the whole landscape has changed.
Everything is now backfilled and graded - looking good...
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11/08/02
Backfilling...
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11/05/02
Rebars have been trimmed and the outside of the walls painted with sealer. Waiting for sign off from the building
inspector before backfilling...
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11/03/02
Forms have been ripped off and the foundation walls are being left to dry. Galvanized pipe was laid
by Bern and myself to accomodate power out to the new pool house in the future and switched lighting
circuits for garden lighting.
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11/01/02
Forms are finished... concrete was poured for the foundation walls in the afternoon...
the forms will be ripped off in the morning.
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10/31/02
Work has is going well today with the forms for the footings being torn down and the forms for the
new foundation walls being erected.
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10/30/02
It's been a bit of an epic week in so far as nothing happened - diddly squat to be exact... I happy
to say though that work has resumed today after we were let down by the originally booked foundation
guys. Todays work is setting the forms and pouring in the footings.
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10/18/02
What was expected to be finished yesterday rolled into today - lots of big rocks to clear
and the digger broke a tooth (poor thing)... foundation was completely dug by noon, just
waiting for the building inspector to come out and check out some underlying rocks.
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Excavator is now working in the pool construction area, digging out the stumps and moving the large rocks
next to the brook to form a wall that will be the boundary of the new pool.
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10/17/02
Excavator has arrived and replaced the driveway outside the garage with a 4 foot hole!
Lots of rock to clear away... maybe make some use of it during the pool construction...
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10/16/02
Work about to start tomorrow.
Clearing debris around the site and removing trees seems to be the nature of the game
at the moment.
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