More Siding Going Up

The siding is going up on the back of the house...

this is from last weekend.

Starting siding on the back

We got some of the vertical pieces up today on the back of the house -- you can see the big 2x12 that is horizontally across the wall...that is where the roof of the screened in porch attaches. Shaping up!

Front Porch Surface -- Rubbery stuff

I don't know what it is called, but he put this cool rubbery stuff on the floor of the upper front porch this weekend. Had to be 3 days with no rain in a row so we got lucky! It has a layer of something grey then sand and then another layer of rubber...looks cool! It is bumpy, but not scratchy. Feels soft and rubbery. That is my non-technical explanation of it.

More siding going up

First Wall of Siding!!!

Thanks to help today from Derek, we got the first wall of hardiplank installed on the house! Sure looks pretty...many thanks for your help today...and Cooper's too!

Second Story Windows Installed

Thanks to Dad's help, we got the second story windows installed about 2 weeks ago, I believe. Here is a shot of that and the final touches on the Tyvek house wrap. Hubbie tells me that siding is next...he has been working hard on the calculations for the stairs...they have to turn so they are complicated...but he got that worked out on Sunday I think...

Anyway, here is a closeup of one of my bedroom windows installed...it is screwed in all the way around to make it "DP 50" which is supposed to hold up in a hurricane I guess.

And here is the view of the front and back of the house tonight.

Ordering Doors & Siding

We're ordering the exterior doors, and we're doing it a little different. All exterior doors will be the same -- not just a pretty front door...isn't that cool?

Also we are ordering the siding (tomorrow, I think) for the whole house...Hardiplank 8" boards with the "carolina bead" to match the workshop out back.

Forking out the dough this week!!!

First Floor Windows In

Hubbie and I (mostly him) installed all of the first floor windows this weekend -- and also the two sets of french doors that will eventually lead to the screened in back porch. That big picture window by my kitchen table must have weigned a hundred and fifty pounds...and I know it because I was on one side of it.
Looks more like a "real house" every day!

Mid June Update

We ordered windows yesterday -- cha ching!

Here is how it is looking -- it has been too hot to shingle...if you walk on super hot shingles, they tear. So we (mostly he) have been working on Tyvek. Even that has been a pain as it keeps raining every day.

Anyhoo, here is how it is looking, front and back view:

Shingles & Tyvek started

In this one you can see that the Tyvek is started:

In this one you can see he is shingling on the back...can't shingle when it is like 98 degrees outside, so that is why he is in the middle of doing the housewrap...