Well again it has been too long between posts. I can’t believe how hard it is to stay on top of this from week to week. There have been a lot of exciting advancements in the house since the last post. We have since insulated, got all the sheet rock hung, taped and mudded as [...]
Archive : Construction
Construction Project – Wiring, Plumbing and HVAC – Part7
So the last few weeks have been really busy. The framing is done and we have moved on to the electrical and plumbing. This is the part of the project that I’m most excited by because I get to do the structured wiring for the house. This consists of all the phone, data and television [...]
Construction Project – Framing – Part 6
OK, I know, its about time I made another post. I’ve heard the cries of most of you all screaming desperately for another house update. I started this blog mainly for myself to catalog and keep track of the whole process, and I had no idea I would attract this much attention. It has been [...]
Construction Project – Concrete Slab – Part 5
The next phase in the construction of our house is pouring the basement and garage floor slabs. This is pretty self explanatory but there are a few things that go along with this phase that you have to plan and make the final decisions on. These mainly consist of plumbing decisions. The basement plumbing actually [...]