After the ground floor was installed, the masons arrived to construct the north wall. Because there is only 18” between the house next door, the wall must have a fire rating. This is not normally difficult except we have no room to work from the outside. To solve this problem, we are building the wall…
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About: Marilyn Lake
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WEEK 7 : We can now stand on the floor!!
The framers returned on Tuesday and in only 2 days installed the basement columns, the beams, joists and plywood for the ground floor. By Wednesday night you could see the outline of the edge of the building and we could stand on the floor and see what the view will be like. It is even…
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WEEK 6: In the Trenches
Week 6 was a wet one with a few rain days as are inevitable in construction. Importantly our plumbing contractor PRECISION PLUMBING was here working in the trenches installing all the underfloor drains for the building. While no one ever comes to your house and says "nice plumbing" it is an important step before the…
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WEEK 5 : Time for Concrete
The insulated forms were almost ready to pour with concrete when Nature gave way to a surprise and a large section of a tree came crashing down in the middle of the road Sunday night. Fortunately no one was injured and neither were our foam form work panels. Concrete was delayed a day and pumped…
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