Early May Update
Getting the under floor vapour barrier and insulation down… South Side Front – North Side
Winter/Spring 2019 – Basement work continues
As of April 4th 2019, we received the first of three draws on a construction loan so we can finally finish building this summer/fall. On the 10th we placed an order of lumber for all of the construction including the … Continued
Fall 2019 – Drainage and backfilling continues.
Working on the drainage and backfilling continues on and off all fall and we will still need to finish it up in the spring of 2019.
Fall to Christmas 2019 – Building the first floor addition so we can have a living room.
The Living Room is planned to be the octagonal addition on the southwest corner of the house overlooking the best views of the woods and rock behind and beside us. Eventually our master bedroom will be the second story of … Continued
Aug/Sept 2018 – getting sump pump working… or not yet!
The temporary pump managed to keep up most of the time as we needed to get the drainage big O installed and the gravel into the basement before the sump could work properly (which happens in Jan 2019).
August 2018 – Drainage on North side of house.
In order to install the drainage on the north side we (by that I mean Howard LOL) had to work under the supports for our temp walkway to the side door which is in use and remove the straw we … Continued