Before Construction Began
The Sign Goes Up: April 18, 2003
Week One...We've Got a Big Wet Hole
Week Two...the Basement Begins to Take Shape
--Then the Rains Came...and Progress Slowed
Week Three...As the Weather Clears, the Basement
Advances
Week Four...Interior Demolition, the Basement Floor and First Floor Deck
Week Five...Strange Happenings
Week Six...Some Questions Answered
Week Seven...a Pause...and then...Construction
Begins Above Ground
Week Eight...There are Walls!
Week Nine...The Second Floor Begins to Take Shape!
Week Ten...More Rain...but Significant Developments!
Week Eleven...Enclosing the New Space!
Week Twelve...Much Work on the Second Floor!
Week Thirteen...Windows, Doors, the Fireplace, and the
Roof!
Week Fourteen...Mechanical Rough Ins, Roof,
More Demolition and More Framing... Week Fifteen...More,
More, More! Mechanicals Continue...
Week Sixteen...Continuing
Work on the Roof; Plumbing Rough-In... Week
Seventeen...Electrical Rough In and Roof Work
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Week Eighteen...Complex
Lighting Plan!
Week Nineteen...They'll Work
Electrical Rough In all Week...And We'll Make Some Other Product Selections!
Week Twenty...Frustration....
Week Twenty-one...More Mechanicals...New
Discoveries...More Demolition...
Week Twenty-two...More Demolition...More Mechanicals...
Week Twenty-three...Big Movement; Outside Work
Week Twenty-four...Waiting for Approval...
Week Twenty-five...Siding...Insulation...Maybe Some
Drywall???...
Week Twenty-six...little happening...waiting for
security system pre-installation...
Week Twenty-seven...an Explosion of
Activity...Interior...
Exterior...and the Garage...
Week Twenty-eight...some work in the yard...finishing
the drywall...beginning the paint and tiling...
Week Twenty-nine...the paint and tiling has been
postponed while work on the furnace catches up...the stone front goes up,
and fireplace work in the living room...
Week Thirty...more paint, more masonry, and the
mechanicals continue...
Week Thirty-one..colors, colors, colors.
Week Thirty-two...speakers installed, hardwood floor
going in, kitchen cabinets arrive...the excitement mounts!
Week Thirty-three...hardwood and the furnace...
Week Thirty-four...tiling, cabinets and more...
Week Thirty-five...tiling and cabinets continue...
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Week Thirty-six...
Week Thirty-seven...
Week Thirty-eight...
Week Thirty-nine...Glass block...
Week Forty...
Week Forty-one...painting, cabinets and benches, and
granite!
Week Forty-two...it begins with more and newer
colors...
Week Forty-three...lights and appliances...the end it
near!
Week Forty-four...two steps back...and a little
progress..
Week Forty-five...it's all about the granite!
Week Forty-six...two steps back...then recovery...and a
bar is born!
Week Forty-seven...coming down to the wire...brick in
the kitchen...plumbing... electrical...
Week Forty-eight...interior cleanup...
Week Forty-nine...mantles, painting and closets
Weeks Fifty through Fifty-two...it's vewy, vewy
quiet...
Week Fifty-three...the basement, front entry and
garden...
Week Fifty-four...nearly the end...the driveway, the
bar foot rail, lighting details and more...
Week Fifty-five...more cool lights and the
driveway...step by step we get closer...
Week Fifty-six....finishing some of the electrical
projects...
Week Fifty-seven...basement construction and the punch
list...
Week Fifty-eight...finishing touches upstairs and in
the basement...
Week Fifty-nine...FURNITURE!!! We're almost ready to
move!!!
COMING SOON: THE PATIO!!!
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