Marozzi-6-14-18

John & Marlene – The insulator is installing the spray foam in the walls, and has moved to the east end of the 1st floor.  The upstairs walls are done, as is the Living Room/Dining/Sitting/Kitchen areas.  They should be done spraying by early next week, and then they will do the attic areas, and between […]

Marozzi-6-7-18

John & Marlene – The nice weather continues, and we deserve it!  The carpenters are working on finishing up the exterior, building the doors for the electrical enclosure and the crawlspace access, installing the redwood decking, and trimming out the garage doors.  The masons are setting the stone ledge on the back of the house, […]

Marozzi-5-31-18

John & Marlene – It has been monsoon season here this week, thunderstorms every afternoon and evening.  The exterior siding and trim is done, except at the Screened Porch, where we are awaiting windows and doors (due to arrive 6/20), and the front entry, where we are awaiting the front door.  Hopefully, when you come […]

Marozzi-5-24-18

John & Marlene – The carpenters are closing in on finishing the exterior siding and trim.  During thunderstorms this week, they moved inside to finish installing blocking and drywall nailers.  The topping slab has been poured on the main level, and next week, after it has cured for awhile, we will install the plywood over […]

Marozzi-5-10-18

John & Marlene – Another busy and productive week.   The carpenters are continuing on the exterior siding, and are also installing the soffits over the porches.  The masons are rolling on the stone veneer, and have started to set the capstone in some areas.  The electricians have most of the recessed cans, switches, and […]

Marozzi-5-3-18

John & Marlene – Starting to feel more like Spring.  The snow is gone from the site, and the ground has dried out this week.  The carpenters are continuing with the exterior siding, and the big sliding door unit is installed at the Screened Porch.  The masons started to lay stone today, and should be […]

Marozzi-4-26-18

John & Marlene – It’s getting busy!  The carpenters are installing siding and corner boards, and they’ve also started laying down the sleepers (2×4’s laid flat, for the floor heat) on the main floor.  The radiant heat crew will follow late next week with the hydronic tubing between the sleepers, and then we pour 1 […]

Marozzi-4-19-18

John & Marlene – The carpenters are continuing with the exterior trim around the windows, and after going over details today with Chris, will be starting the siding later today.  The electricians have started their rough-in, and the service equipment is all mounted, with the electrical enclosure framed around it.  The plumbing and heating subs. […]

Marozzi-4-12-18

John & Marlene – All of the windows, except one, are installed.  The window in the Master Closet came in too tall, and the replacement will be here on the 25th.  The carpenters are continuing with the soffit work, and have started to trim the exterior of the windows, and install flashing above the stone […]

Marozzi-4-5-18

John & Marlene – The roofers have dried-in the roof, so the carpenters are installing windows and starting on the soffit.  The electricians have installed the electrical service equipment on the outside of the garage, and we will be able to switch from our temporary power once the ground thaws and we can run the […]

Marozzi-3-29-18

John & Marlene – We’re only hitting the mid-40’s, but it feels like spring.  The fascia showed up late last week, and most of it is installed already.  The upper roof fascia is done, and the roofers will start tomorrow drying-in the roof.  The rest of the cedar package – siding, trim, and soffit, showed […]

Marozzi-3-15-18

John & Marlene – We hit the mid-40’s a few times this week, so it looks like winter is headed out, and mud season is  here!  The framers have all of the roofs sheathed, and the ridge vents built.  They are starting to wrap the house in Tyvek (basically Gore-Tex for your house), in preparation […]

Marozzi-3-8-18

John & Marlene – The framing crew is closing up the upper roof on the house, and building the ridge vents, along with framing the lower roofs at the Entry, Screened Porch, and Laundry Rm.  They have also been installing blocking and structural straps and hold downs, and will have an inspection Tuesday morning on […]

Marozzi-3-1-18

John & Marlene – The framing crew is getting the roof framing done, and almost have it closed in.   They are working on the upper roof, framing the roof overhangs, overbuild areas, and sheathing the roof.  They also installed the interior timber ridge beams, as those are much easier to set during the roof […]

Marozzi-2-8-18

John & Marlene – The house is starting to take it’s final shape, with the roof trusses being set this week.  Most of them were installed on Monday.  The Living Room trusses did not get set on Monday, as the interior ridge of the Living Room was off by 1 1/2″, so they had to […]

Marozzi-2-1-18

John & Marlene – Great to see you last week, hope you had a good time while you were here.  The framing crew is making great progress (still!), as the weather is cooperating for construction, but not so much for skiing.  They have almost all of the interior walls framed, and they are prepping for […]

Marozzi-1-18-18

John & Marlene – Although you will be here in 2 days, I figured I better send out the weekly update, or I would hear about it!  Our fairly dry and mild winter continues, but we do have snow in the forecast for tomorrow.  The framing crew is making great progress on the 2nd floor […]

Marozzi-1-11-18

John & Marlene – We are finally getting a touch of winter in the valley, but nothing on the scale of last winter, yet.  The framing crew has the 2nd floor deck on, and they have started framing walls on the upper level.  They have pre-cut all of the studs and headers, so the walls […]

Marozzi-1-5-18

John & Marlene – 2018 is here, and the dry weather continues, which is great for building, but not skiing!  The framing crew is back onsite this week, after taking the week off between Christmas and New Year’s.  They are working on the timbers, and the 2nd floor deck framing and sheathing.  The material for […]

Marozzi-12-27-17

John & Marlene – The framing crew is off this week, so pretty quiet on the site this morning when I took pictures.  They will start back up again on Tuesday, and will have a little bit of snow to clear out of the house before they continue framing.  They framed the 2nd floor over […]

Marozzi-12-14-17

John & Marlene – A slight dusting of snow earlier this week, but still pretty dry on the valley floor.  The framers are working on the main floor walls, and starting on the 2nd floor framing over the garage.  The timbers were delivered this week, and the roof trusses and roof sheathing will be delivered […]

Marozzi-12-7-17

John & Marlene – The nice weather continues!  Clear and cold, but no precipitation this week.  The excavator backfilled the power trench, and LVE energized our temporary power panel, so no more generator.  The framing crew appreciates that.  They are standing walls on the main level, and making good progress.  The 2nd floor framing package […]

Marozzi-11-30-17

John & Marlene – We hit 60º on Sunday, a record for that day.  Cooled down this week, but mostly clear, so great building weather for this time of year.  The first floor deck is framed and sheathed, and the walls are laid out, bottom plates nailed down, and walls are going up.  They stood […]

Marozzi-11-22-17

John & Marlene – A short week, but lots of progress!  The 1st floor deck framing is almost done.  There are a few floor joists that need to be headered off to allow for HVAC floor registers to center under windows, and then the double rim board around the perimeter will be set.  The floor […]

Marozzi-11-17-17

John & Marlene – Clear and beautiful to start the week, ending with all day rain yesterday, and snow/sun today.  It’s that time of year!  The concrete crew formed and poured the 15 exterior pier footings, and will pour the piers early next week.  The framing crew started Wednesday, laying out the crawlspace support walls […]

Marozzi-11-10-17

John & Marlene – The foundation damp proofing was applied early this week (basically a liquid asphalt/tar that is heated up and then applied to the walls to keep moisture out of the concrete), followed by the mason stacking block on the footings to support the stone veneer.  The excavator started backfilling today, and got […]

Marozzi-11-2-17

John & Marlene – We poured the foundation walls yesterday.  The crew will be back tomorrow to strip the forms.  The foundation damp proofing will be applied early next week, and then the stone ledge will be installed prior to backfilling and crawlspace prep. (vapor barrier, radon piping, and gravel).  The floor framing will commence […]

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