Overall:I have nothing to gripe about; we are enjoying delightful weather, as we continue to move forward. While our pace is slower than a home being constructed with a large dedicated crew, that’s not who we are. I am genuinely pleased with our progress.
Monday: Electricians (Ralph & Joe) visited the site today, measuring the amount of service entrance wire needed for each main panel (shop & house). Kyle worked on framing out the east wall of the great room, while I stripped forms from last week’s concrete work.
Tuesday: Kyle and I worked on the west wall of the great room, rough framing for the large fixed pane trapezoidal shaped windows. Very expensive windows due to the custom shapes, but we think it will be worth it; for the spectacular view of the Hoosier National Forest looking to the west.
Wednesday: Completed west wall framing and installed OSB over the west wall window rough openings, since Pella says the trapezoidal windows won’t ship until the end of the year. Began installing Tyvek barrier paper to the house.
Thursday: Completed applying Tyvek house wrap to the house and south side of the breezeway. ALL framing for the house is complete, down to the last drywall block.
Friday: Installed Tyvek to all four walls of the shop. Managed to roll out the entire 150 by 10 foot roll in one long slow procession. No seams, had to build and tear down scaffolding several times, but ended up with a tight seam-free house wrap installation.
Saturday: Cut down a few small trees and a few dead trees, opening up an area west of the deck (yet to be built) Spent a couple hours working through a diagnostic procedure found on the internet to isolate the cause of my truck’s: starter cranks the engine, but no engine start mystery. No joy (yet).
Sunday: Kevin loaned me his truck, so I could go to Menards and purchase 90 4×8 sheets of 1/2″ thick foam board. This product will be nailed to the exterior walls over the recently applied Tyvek house wrap. The purpose of this R3 insulating foam board is to reduce thermal bridging at wall stud locations. It’s a crap shoot to assess when the expenditure for the foam board will pay back the material coast as a result of energy savings. I would like to think it will make a difference, but cannot provide a substantiated data driven analysis.
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