UNDER ROOF

MOVING ALONG

 

Just a quick update as the house construction completes the next phase. (In fact, the bank inspector is about to go for a visit so the contractor/builder can receive his next draw on the loan.).  As you read this the roof may be on.  The exterior framing is done; the roof joists have arrived, and are being manhandled into place – no crane here.  They built the walls one by one on site and then nailed an entire wall into place.  You can see from the pictures, that the frame structure for the interior is also substantially completed.  The hot tub was delivered and sits on the future patio (which will be essentially a year-round room); it was much easier to build around the hot tub rather than trying to squeeze it through a hole.

 

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Fortunately the weather has been cooperative.  Except for one day, it has rained very little at the construction site even though other parts of Ohio were being inundated with torrential rains causing significant flooding.  The temperatures have subsided a bit and it has been generally comfortable.  However, the mosquitoes and other bugs have been prominent. 

 

We have been told that the place should be ready no later than Thanksgiving.  We hope that will be enough time to move before departure to our condo.  Ah, so much to pack.

 

Dan and Rebecca

 

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HOUSE UPDATE

REAL BUILDING BEGINS

 

Actual construction on the new house has commenced.  More about that below.  First a bit of a digression for a weather report.

 

It has been HOT.  A heat wave of two weeks with temperatures in the 90s (mid 30s C).  And this is not 'dry' heat, the humidity puts the heat index several degrees higher.  Record temperatures have been set in some cities. Our friends in Manitoba may have sent their heat wave our direction.  We are even hotter than Bucerias.  Our friends in Taiwan would feel right at home.  And of course weather affects construction.

 

In our last installment the rain delayed work.  Since then, rain has been almost unknown and the weather, despite the heat, has cooperated.  More land has been cleared.  More importantly, the footers have been poured.  Probably as you read this the block is up.  Because we will not have a basement, construction will be a bit easier.  We did not want a basement – one of the purposes of our one-floor ranch design is to eliminate stairs.  In any case, a basement may have required blasting as the land is essentially bedrock.

 

The new pictures really should provide you a good idea of the area.  We mentioned the highwall behind the house previously.  We will have an enclosed patio, with hot tub, that will look that direction.  In the future Mrs. T hopes to have a soothing water fall coming over that wall.  In the pictures you will note a peak over another highwall as well.  Our house will be situated on a flat space between the two, much like being on a middle step.

 

We anticipate the frame will be up in the next couple of weeks and then building can proceed in earnest.  Because our builder/contractor does not have any other significant projects, we hope construction can continue without interruption, although probably not at warp speed.  Keep your fingers crossed.

 

Check out the pictures from time to time; we sometimes add more before email updates.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9151458@N07/sets/72157601277094372/

 

Best wishes to all.  Let us know how you are doing.

 

 

Dan and Rebecca

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