Third most exciting day on the house project...

     Best house days so far:

• The day Terry Bilovus, our architect, finished the blueprints (he has been wonderful to work with and did a great job on the prints)
• The day the main floor was roughed in so we could see the layout
• Today, when the trusses started going up

Covered Porch

Kayla's Room

It's a good day!

Been so disheartened that I haven't even posted.... Well, that and there wasn't much to post until today! The trusses have arrived. Also, we were spared rain for the last few days!  😊👍

Crane delivered yesterday!

Miah chauffeured me to the

house to see the crane.

Wood moved to make room for

Consumers to dig trench.

Wall built between garage and house now that

old DTE box was disconnected and removed.

DTE dug trench getting ready to

connect underground service. 

Trusses ready and waiting to

start going up tomorrow!

Another shot of those

Nothing new again...

I could post the same pictures that I've been posting for a week because it is the same day after day: rain and plastic covering the subfloors. What has changed? Wimsatt, the lumberyard has given us another delivery date for the trusses. This time, it is July 20th, one week from today. I did communicate with Heart Truss & Engineering, the company building the trusses. They are working on them now and say they should be done and delivered by Thursday. Let's hope!

Anyone looking for a good deal on a garage door? 

It is in good shape and about five years old.

The door is insulated and 8'x7'.

Only happening today was the electrician fixed something that was wrong.

Today, Chris Campbell, our builder, said that the trusses are over a week away. We are still roofless, as the pictures show. This afternoon, it rained for about ten minutes but came down sideways, in sheets! The floors were soaked and water was pouring into the basement because we did not have plastic down. Cleanup took over an hour! Super sick of doing that!! Looking forward to having interesting progress to post. 

Put plastic down again to protect the floors,

basement, and make cleanup quicker.

It's supposed to rain again tonight...

The electrician came out and raised the box.

It was installed too low.

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Rain, rain, rain until 2:30, and no progress except damage control. Went to the house twice today and cleaned the water up. This was the most we've had in a day. Floors can't take much more rain. Trusses could be another week out: no delivery date.

These pictures don't even show the wet basement.

From Saturday, July 8

My niece, Vivienne, and I saw an American Redstart this week.
Always fun spotting unusual birds.

Saturday morning... getting ready to start water cleanup.

Cement for porch posts in back of house ready to go.

From Friday, July 7 (just after midnight again...)

Super disappointing! No trusses today... not sure when we will get them? As far as I know, progress today was cement poured in the wholes for the porch posts. I'm posting a throw back from moving day. I still can't imagine what I was thinking painting the family room that color 😕. I think it is the same color as "Greenboard."

Adult rated :O

(Picture today at 2:30)
I haven't posted since Thursday, June 29th because nothing has happened to 

report. However, I just found out that a couple of things happened at the job site

between yesterday and today.

Consumers put in this sign indicating they will

install power to the new box soon. That's good.

Yesterday, the rest of the chimney was removed. That's the rubble.

This is also very good.

Uh oh. Is that a police car? Yup :(

This happened last night. Creative, huh?

and more...

Apparently, spraying the brick was not enough... had to get the deck too! Grrr!

😡

Garage is pretty much built!

Can't wait to landscape out front!

Only one more wall to build to have the garage closed in. 

Waiting for Edison to move the box on the back wall.

Preparing for the deluge we are supposed to get tonight and tomorrow...

Check this out...

Front garage wall went up :) Now, that's progress!

Garage door wall is almost ready to go up.

   

Chimney coming down. Good riddance!

Beginning of holes for back porch posts.

Progress made today!

Today at 4:30. Lots going on!
The two white trucks are Equity Construction.

Hoping to have these charcoal gray
shingles, on the roof, by July 14th. 
Also hoping for minimal rain until then!

Very large beam at family room entrance.

From Saturday, June 24th. I posted at 12:01am so it reads Sunday...

Nothing to report today. No progress except Bill and I cleaned up around the job site.

Gardens on Belle Isle.... so pretty.

I used to love rain! Not feeling the love this year, and it's the rainiest June I remember!

Spent a long time today using the Shop Vac to suck up water off the floors. Looked like a small lake in the foyer :( Bill usually takes care of it after it rains. Today, he came during his lunch but had to get back to work. Our builder, Chris, said the roof trusses will come the first week in July. Can't wait until we have a roof!!

The Foyer

Kitchen

Me trying to figure out how to get the Shop Vac down

the ladder to suck up water in the basement.

We don't have basement stairs for now.

12:40 today. I took a break from ridding our house of water.

Getting closer to a roof... Much of the knee wall built. Just a few more to go.

Sherwin Williams Pewter Cast for the brick and Hardie Siding

Looking in the front door.
Dining room on the left and study in the far corner.

Hallway to the garage.

 Hallway to the master bath. Bill's closet on the left.
MINE ON THE RIGHT!

Master bedroom. That smallish square room is my closet!

Oh ya!! Super happy about that.