Framing and Exterior

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Framing as of March 22, 2008.

 

Framing as of March 30, 2008.

Framing as of April 5, 2008.

 

Framing as of April 11, 2008.

April 27. The roof underlayment is on and the metal roof has been delivered. It is there laying in the driveway, serving as an obstacle course for the dogs.

 

May 11. The roof is almost finished. It was a challenge with all those skylights and the rather steep pitch of the roof. The stovepipe flashing is also in place. There will be a couple of solartubes coming through the yet-to-be-finished part. The entryway will be covered with glass panels.

May 17. The roof is essentially done! The skylights are all installed except those over the kitchen (on the other side). The solartubes penetrate the roof but are otherwise not yet installed. The effect of all those skylights on the inside is that there is natural light throughout the house.

 

June 8. This is a perspective we haven't shown yet. To get a good picture of the west side of the house, I have to climb down the hill toward the ocean -- and it's steep. So the view is one of looking up at the house. This shows the dining room in the corner with Rick's study above. The kitchen is in the pushout. The walk-out basement has a mudroom entryway, media room, and guestroom facing this side.

June 29. The windows are installed (except for the 5 that broke in transport and need to be replaced).

 

July 18. The trim is going on around the windows and the siding is going up. The decks have been framed. It really changes the look of the house.

The west side has siding on.

 

Aug 1. The siding is done!

Aug 29. The painters have been hard at work. The base color of the house is green. It's exciting to begin to see what it will look like. The trim will be milk chocolate brown which you can see over the front porch.

 

Sept. 7. The painters have started on the brown trim.

January 30, 2009. The decks are being built. The builder claims we will never have to replace the FSC Tigerwood decking.

 

Feb. 13, 2009. This is the dogs' ramp up to the deck outside my study.

Feb 19, 2009. The railings are going on the deck. Also notice the stovepipe on the roof.

 

This is what the deck railing looks like from inside the house. We like how it isn't visually intrusive when looking at the forest beyond.