Marino Farrell

Slightly cooler temperatures this week, which has been great for the return of the framing crew. The excavator was there Monday to finish rough grading around the house, backfill the deck piers, and dig up the well for Weber to install the valve attachment for the waterline. Weber finished that up Thursday and should be […]

The final foundation concrete pour finally came together Monday morning – the 35 piers were poured, and Ken and I set hardware in each one for the deck beams and roof columns. The piers will be backfilled tomorrow and Monday. We also received the truss package this week in preparation for roof framing. We had […]

The surveyors were able to stake the deck footings this week, and the concrete crew placed all their footing forms and rebar. The footings passed inspection, and the concrete pour went off smoothly. OnSight surveyors returned Friday morning to set exact locations, and the sonotubes and rebar are set and ready for inspection.  We will […]

The drilling rig finally descended on the site last week. The well is 95′ deep, and ready for hook up. The electricians installed the electrical service and CT can on the side of the garage, and tied the main house power into the conduit. We had a light framing crew through the first half of […]

Great progress on framing this week, with the exterior walls standing and sheeted. The crew is working today on interior walls, and will wrap them up Monday. The excavator dug the power and propane trenches, and Lower Valley, Charter, and Amerigas all installed their respective conduit/line in the trenches. We are finally off the generator […]

Except for a brief shower Tuesday morning, this was another week of hot dry weather – the framers are blowing through exterior wall framing at a great pace. Another load of material arrived Monday morning, and, except for the front entry wall and the garage, Ken’s crew has all exterior walls framed and sheeted. We expect […]

Great weather this week, and the framing crew made quick work of the crawlspace pony walls. They started in on the floor joists after the pony walls, and had those wrapped up and ready for inspection Thursday morning. Once the inspection was passed, the floor plywood went down, and they expect to finish before the […]

The framers descended on the site Monday morning to begin layout. They have the sill plates installed, and are starting to frame the pony walls in the crawlspace that will help support the floor joists. The floor joist package was delivered on Wednesday, as well as our forklift, so they will be able to start […]

Roberts Concrete continued with the foundation work this week, forming the foundation walls and tying in the vertical rebar. We passed the wall inspection Wednesday afternoon, and the concrete trucks arrived early Friday morning to pour. They will strip the forms Saturday and Monday, and we have foundation waterproofing, crawlspace prep, and framing prep on […]

The concrete sub mobilized to the site Monday morning and began laying and tying rebar and building forms for the footings. OnSight was able to do partial staking of the building corners on Tuesday, and completed the remaining corners Wednesday morning with the construction drawings in hand. The framer came to install some holddowns for […]

The site was staked by OnSight Surveyors on Tuesday. The limits of disturbance, utilities, and the house corners were marked with wood lath and spray paint. Powers Excavating broke ground on Wednesday, and wrapped up by Thursday evening. The site is now ready for the second round of staking (building corners in the foundation hole), […]