Rain Delay!

So we had a bit of a rain delay this past week. Monday the framers were here bright and early and got quite a bit accomplished that day. They were able to get a few sides up. It threatened to rain on Tuesday so the framers weren't here...but they were back again on Wednesday and that's when they really got rained on. They had to stop a couple of time because it rained so hard. The contractor spoke with them towards the end of the week to find out when they were going to be done. They think they will be finished framing by Wednesday of this week and then the roofing can start. So our contractor already has the roofer ready to start. They already have the shingles in so he is prepared to start when the framing is done. We also got the windows and french doors ordered and they should be here in a couple of weeks. Today they started putting the sheeting up on the roof so it is looking more like a house!

The Framing has started!

Well I was a little disappointed on Monday because the framing didn't actually start. However, they did come out and look at it to determine the amount of lumbar, etc that they needed. They said they were going to come on Wednesday and start. Rodney and I had some homework as well - we had to get the rough out dimensions for all of the windows and the french doors. We had already picked out the style of windows, but we hadn't picked out the sizes. Monday night we got all of that information together and found that we weren't going to have to special order any! Thank heavens! Rodney also needed to re-route our data line so we wouldn't accidentally lose our internet- that would be tragic! The roofer brought the shingle samples for us to look at on Tuesday and we picked out the color for the new roof!

Wednesday morning the framers did show up and they measured and put down plumb lines and got everything square. Then they started sawing and nailing and the walls started going up quick! The first day they got two and a half of the outside walls done. As they got close to the existing house I was wondering if they were going to have to rip off all of the overhang - but they didn't! They just cut into the spot they needed and left the rest for later when they will need to take it all down. They did have to remove the guest bathroom window on Thursday - so we just have plastic over that right now but it shouldn't be that way for long. Thursday they got most of the interior walls done. We can definitely see how the rooms are going to look. I can't wait to begin putting Marissa's room together. I have to say the best part of the framing was seeing my closet! I cannot wait to be able to hang my clothes in there! I know - typical girl comment - but I haven't really had a closet since we got married...I've been using a chair. To be fair there is a closet for me to use - but we just don't seem to work well with each other. I can't see my clothes...so instead I have a pile. With the new closet everything will have its place. It's going to be interesting to see the rest of the house come together!

The Foundation has been poured!

There have been so many changes in when and what inspections and surveys that have to be done when you are adding on to a house. The foundation prep work has to be inspected before the foundation can be poured so Kelly from the bank came out of Friday to take pictures. Then bright and early Monday morning (7:00 am) the concrete trucks came in to start pouring. I think it took 3 trucks to fill it all in. They got it done extremely fast. We did have one "uh oh" - one of the trucks was backing up when the front tire sunk into a hole. Apparently the driver found an old septic tank that we didn't know was in the yard. :) But other than that the pouring went smoothly. Once they would pour the concrete they would start smoothing it out with trowels and when they had finished pouring it all they used a really long trowel. Then they let it set enough that you could stand on it and then they used these power tools to smooth it all out. After they finished smoothing it out they had to keep it moist so that it would cure properly. Rodney had to run the sprinkler on it for a little while in the evening as well. By the morning it was completely set! It looks great! They took off the forms and smoothed out the dirt around the foundation. This coming Monday the framing crew will come out and start framing the walls! Our job this weekend is to move the satellite dish so it doesn't get in there way.