New Developments

Well it seems that some people do not believe they should have to pay bills to sub contractors.  You know who you are!!  Stay tuned for further developments about that.

Finally done!!

The guys finished up our house on August 7th and I really want to thank Pat Patterson and Rick Simmerson JR, from KBP Construction who came in and finished up after the former people left.  They did a fantastic job and have wonderful craftmanship!! If anyone want a good crew  for their home call them at (501)529-2299. The Floor Gallery made sure the contract was completed and we are grateful for that.

Now without naming an excessive amount of detail, I will say, that for anyone that was involved with our addition that used the opportunity to take advantage of us, employees, or others, shame on you!!

Quick note for this week

I will try to put up a couple of new pictures later this weekend, but for now, I just wanted to let everyone know that they have done a lot of work on the house over the last couple of weeks.  Almost all of the siding is up, most of the drywall, and today they installed new kitchen cabinets.  We will still need counter tops, kitchen sink, painting, flooring, and the trim work.  But, it has gotten to be  a lot easier to visualize the final products :-).

Things going on today!

Well, I'll post a few more pics in a couple of days, but just  a quick note:
Today the framers came and put in the doors and windows and tore out the wall in the kitchen and living room.  We are now "in the dry".  We did lose some time due to the weather and flooding.  Hopefully, things will fall into place pretty quickly now.  Look for pics in a couple of days.

Porch Framed, etc

Well this week the framers got the roof framed for the new front porch.  This will change the orientation of the house to be toward the road instead of the woods.  I'm posting pics of that and one of the back side where the back deck is. 

Side view of porch framing

Fron view of porch framing

View from back deck

Floor plan

Dave requested a sketch so I saved the pdf of the plans as a jpg to post.  I hope you can sort of see it, the file printed out on an 8 x 11 so it's kind of small to read.

Roof Framing

The carpenters made a lot of progress this week as you will be able to tell from the pictures.  They have the framing up for the roof and you can see how things are shaping up on the windows and stuff now as well.

Close up angle of roof framing

Distant view of roof framing

I have to admit having the windows covered bothers me a bit, but it won't be for long.