Lake James Luxury Cabin
It is the last look at the framing. We passed another inspection and the drywall starts on Monday. Things are moving along quickly. Deb and I will have our first site visit in person in August. We are definitely looking forward to seeing the house in person.
The well was installed a few weeks ago and we never got around to talking about it. It appears that we have a very good well. We hit water at 335 feet. They ended up drilling to 365 feet. We have static water at 120 feet and the well is rated for 60 Gallons a Minute. What does all that mean? It means we have plenty of capacity for the house.
This week has been all about Multi Tasking. Or Multi subs. While these pictures may seem a little random they are not. In the first shot we see the shingles on the ridge of the house. The roofers were working out of view but there is a good chance the shingles were installed on Friday. The van in the driveway? That is the HVAC contractor. They started the rough in for the duct work this week. Then you will see rough plumbing and rough electrical. That is all the plastic sticking out of the walls. Some of the framing crew are also still around. That pile of treated lumber will soon be front and back porches. Yep five trades working at the same time, roofers, HVAC, Electrical, and plumbing, and carpenters. We are Definitely picking up speed. A big shout out to Brown Haven Homes and our project manager Brian for making things happen.
It has been a pretty exciting week at the house. We have a lot going on and now have momentum on our side. The framing is complete. The plumbing crew and electrical crew have started. We are expecting the roofing crew to be there early to mid-next week depending on the shingle delivery. Seeing the house go from a bare lot to something resembling the drawings is always fun. Sorry about the image quality. I borrowed these pictures from the bank inspector’s completion report. By the way, the bean counters put us at 43% complete.
We received great news from Brian our project manager from Brown Haven Homes yesterday evening. The framing crew has finished the floor deck and wall framing. The zip system wall sheeting is up and the major joints are taped. The window opens will stay covered until it is time to install the windows and doors.
Trusses are up next. Hopefully by next weekend with weather, framers and suppliers helping us out, we will have a roof system in place. The shape of the house and how it sits on the lot are starting to come together. We have good news about the well. We will share that in another post.
The house is moving right along. The update from Brian at Brown Haven Friday was encouraging. The garage passed inspection and will be poured tomorrow. Weather permitting. The propane tank is buried. Tim Hobson Landscaping put down the mulch. The gutter drains are in as well. This week we are scheduled to have a framing crew start on Thursday or Friday. That is when it will start to look and feel like a house. My boss also visited the site yesterday and took some photos and videos for us. So we thought we would share a few.
We received our Friday update from Brian at Brown Haven Homes. The foundation has passed the final inspection. The waterproofing is done and final grading should happen this week.
We are pretty excited about the grade. When we started this process there were concerns about the height of the foundation. The excavation team has done a tremendous job. The majority of the front and garage side of the house will be nearly level. The rear is only going to be three 8″ blocks out of the ground. This means a easy front access and only a few steps down to the back yard.
We received an update from the project manager yesterday. The block is all in and the inspector signed off on the steel reinforcement. It is time for cement in the blocks with steel. Then it’s drains, waterproofing and backfilling.
A few months back when we decided to announce the new house. We took a poll amongst friends about a name for the house. There were lots of suggestions as well as a shortlist we had already discussed. I will not bother with a review of them. The winner as you can see is “Mountain Days”. It was a short trip to this name. We are sailors and Van Morrison fans. We live most of the year on our sailboat. Aptly named ” Days Like This”. So the name is a continuation of a mantra. Mr Morrison got it right.
“When it’s not always raining there’ll be days like this. When there’s no one complaining there’ll be days like this. When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch. Well my mama told me there’ll be days like this. When you don’t need to worry there’ll be days like this. When no one’s in a hurry there’ll be days like this. When you don’t get betrayed by that old Judas kiss. Oh my mama told me there’ll be days like this. When you don’t need an answer there’ll be days like this. When you don’t meet a chancer there’ll be days like this. When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit. Then I must remember there’ll be days like this. When everyone is up front and they’re not playing tricks. When you don’t have no freeloaders out to get their kicks. When it’s nobody’s business the way that you wanna live. I just have to remember there’ll be days like this. When no one steps on my dreams there’ll be days like this. When people understand what I mean there’ll be days like this. When you ring out the changes of how everything is. Well my mama told me there’ll be days like this”
We look forward to spending some Days Like This at our new home soon. We hope you do as well.