Home Addition - Construction Update 7

• Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 12:20 AM UTC
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One side of the house exterior has been trimmed out.

edit: The trim boards are made of cypress and will be painted the same color as the rest of the addition to simulate board and batten siding.





Inside the addition, the new openings for doorways have been cut into the old exterior block:

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Home Addition - Construction Update 6

• Wednesday, May 14 2008 @ 10:19 PM UTC
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Most of the fascia trim is completed and we now have windows and doors!



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Home Addition - Construction Update 5

• Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 08:25 PM UTC
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We came home one night and the roof panels were installed!





The interior walls are being framed today, too.

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Home Addition - Construction Update 4

• Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 10:09 PM UTC
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This thing is going up fast! We have almost all of the walls and openings for doors and windows.



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Home Addition - Construction Update 3

• Saturday, May 03 2008 @ 04:27 PM UTC
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More progress!

The contractors have cut away the existing roof to make room for the new roof connection.



Here is what $500 worth of fill dirt (sand) looks like:

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Home Addition - Construction Update 2

• Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 10:50 PM UTC
• Contributed by: Dan Stoner
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We have a new foundation slab!

But first, here are pictures of the extra structural mesh that is now buried in concrete. There are rods inside the old block wall that tie the existing house foundation to the new slab. Concrete was poured inside the existing block wall up to a height of about 10 feet at each of the tie-in locations. These features help with the stability and structural integrity of the slab.





The day of the pour!

The trucks brought concrete to this machine, which pumped it through a large black hose to the site in the back yard:

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