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What's Happening Now: Early December | |
SidingThings are really taking shape. The siding is nearly complete, except on the very front of the house (the section around and below the tall windows). |
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Gutters
Although there aren't very many deciduous trees near the house, you can see they're already doing their job with these alder leaves! |
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Septic SystemA truck carrying two septic tanks struggled to get up our sloped driveway. After coming up frontwards, he went back down (backwards), turned around, and then backed up the hill. It took some heroic maneuvering to reach the hole dug by the excavator without hitting a post that supports the large beams of the deck. |
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The excavator then dug another hole, and they lowered the second tank into it. Then they hooked up all of the pipes and the pump. |
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Meanwhile, the excavator cleared three alder trees and completed work on the septic field. |
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FireplaceAfter the fireplace box and flues were installed in the "bug room" (an enclosed area of the deck that's outdoorsy but free of the wetland's mosquitoes), the builder's assistant Shawn Burnett framed it in. He also built a box in front of it to serve as the foundation for a hearth. Then the masons went to work. |
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They used the same Cultured Stone as on the outside of the house. Within just a couple of days, they had completed a beautiful stone fireplace, with a stone hearth and mantle. |
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TileAndrew, with Classic Ceramic Tile, continued his very professional tile work. Work on the showers and baths is nearly completed. |
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FlooringSome of our huge pile of site-milled floor boards began to be put to use. Spencer West and his coworkers nearly completed laying alder flooring in the guest bedroom. |
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