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On Tuesday, while we were busily visiting the Fairfax County Government Center, hoping we'd discovered the magical formula that cures the need to install a $17,000 drainage ditch, they poured the concrete. I'm kind of sorry we missed a chance to see and photograph the pour. That's a LOTTA concrete. |
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| Wet concrete... |
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| And inside the firebox, this wooden structure frames out where the linear gas burner will be installed. |
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| They thought they were going to pour concrete on Monday, but it didn't come to pass. |
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| But they did beef up the rebar infrastructure. |
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And they framed and rebarred (sp?) the back door stoop. This was originally supposed to have a 24-inch downturn, but when the soil turned up too soft, they wound up going down 8 feet. When the apocaplypse hits, our back stoop will be happily intact. Reuben is marveling at the engineering. |
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It's been a very slow week housewise, but a crazy busy week in almost every other way. On Friday, they removed another portion of the driveway... |
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| ...and prepared the spot where the back stoop will be poured. |
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| Barking for buddies... |
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No work was done this day as it rained all day. Also, Reuben was scheduled for surgery to remove two lumps, one from his back and one on the side of his neck. So here he is on a happier day, with his trusty girlfriends, Stella (left) and Lacey (right). |
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On Monday, they seemed to spend most of the day wrapping the house to protect against the rain predicted for Tuesday. |
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The added benefit of the Tyvek over the window openings, is that now we can leave the temporary bedroom hall door open, as there's nowhere that Reuben can jump out of the house. Almost every time I open the door, Reuben dashes out to the living and just stands there - because he can. |
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| And the doorway to the basement stairwell has been framed in. |
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| They framed the wall that will surround the basement stairwell... |
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| ...and they placed rebar in the new fireplace. |
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This is looking at the hearth form from the South side... |
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| ...and this is looking at the North end. |
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I accidentally left my camera in the truck, then asked Jack to take the truck while he was on travel. I woke up Thursday morning and realized I'd be without my camera for a couple of days, while it sat at the airport - sorry! They laid the SIPs roof panels, here in the living room, looking toward the fireplace... |
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...and this is looking toward the basement stairwell. There's a bit of the old roofline left above the stairs, which will wind up being closed in. There will be a little office area built in where the ladders are leaning, which we'll be able to close off with a sliding barn door. |
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This is looking down the new hallway toward the street. |
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| This is looking into the new dining room. |
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| They finished off the top of the chimney... |
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| ...are working on connecting the rooflines... |
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| ...and here, the stone carries in on the sides of the fireplace. |
