It snowed January 23, 2012 a lot, it had snowed all night. We shoveled snow off of the roof, the snow was about 14 inches deep. Started framing the rest of the master bedroom walls and filling in the moment frames. Built the rest of the exterior walls in the master bedroom and started sheeting [...]
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BlueSky – January 24 – February 3, 2012 – Framing, Dry Roofing and house wrap
April 20, 2012 – 1:09 pm
BlueSky – January 7-20, 2012 – Master Bedroom Roof System
April 12, 2012 – 1:21 pm
Cove Mountain Electric was on site working on the rough electrical in the mechanical garage. Finished the roof over the great room and dining area. Worked a lot on the master bedroom; framed some of the toughest walls to work with, Received and set the trusses, finished sheeting the roof and started working on the [...]
BlueSky – January 2-6, 2012 – More Framing
April 9, 2012 – 11:05 am
Everyone was happy to be back at work after the holiday season, and jumped back into framing. Through the week the following was completed on the framing of the home; the roof over the entry, dropped the ceilings in the guest bedroom closets, renailed all the shear sheeting, cut out 1/3 of the doors and [...]
BlueSky – December 10-23, 2011 – More Framing, Solar Power Panel Trusses
April 6, 2012 – 1:31 pm
Dixieline Contracting was on site working in the mechanical garage, placeing and bolting the trusses for the solar power panels. Kimco installed the sprinkler system in the detached mechanical garage. A lot was accomplished on the framing; framed and sheathed the roof over the guest bedrooms, framed the interior walls of the guest bedrooms, recieved and [...]
BlueSky – November 26 thru December 9, 2011 – Framing
April 5, 2012 – 4:19 pm
Started using the crane for framing and got a lot done, including walls for guest bedrooms, tall shear wall, joists for deck, electrical walls in mechanical room, master suite deck, sheathing on shear wall, interior walls on main level and drops in mechanical room. All of the trusses were set except for those that rest [...]
BlueSky – November 12-25, 2011 – Framing Exterior Walls, Finish Retaining
April 5, 2012 – 2:50 pm
Ron Price and his guys completed the ditches behind the retaining wall, placing erosion mats and seeding the disturbed areas. They also graded the septic tank drain field and planted seed. The engineer approved the drainage behind the retaining. The cap stones arrived and Josh Buck’s guys installed them on the retaining wall to give [...]
BlueSky – October 29 thru November 11, 2011 – Start Framing, Still Retaining
April 5, 2012 – 2:20 pm
The retaining is getting close to completion. Worked on the upper levels of retaining and Ron Price was on site backfilling behind the wall with gravel, sand, roadbase and dirt. The drain system of ditches behind the wall will help to divert water around the wall and the home. Framing started with the main floor [...]
BlueSky – October 15-28, 2011 – More Retaining, Solar Sonatubes, Concrete
April 5, 2012 – 1:30 pm
All the sonatubes had to be set and steel tied before the concrete could be poured. Once they had cured, the cardboard forms were removed. The mechanical room in the house got 2″ insulation with steel tied at 24″ centers. Using one pump truck, the floor for the mechanical room in the house, the floor [...]
BlueSky – October 1-14, 2011 – Retaining, Water Tanks, GeoThermal Holes
April 5, 2012 – 12:33 pm
There were a few days that dropped a bunch of rain at the project and helped to get rid of some dust. There was even snow one day. Much progress was still made on the job. Sonatube footings for the solar panels were started. More block was laid on the retaining wall and most of [...]
BlueSky – September 17-30, 2011 – Retaining, Septic
April 4, 2012 – 12:57 pm
Ron Price spent a week on finishing the septic lines and drain field. The water line pipe from the well to the mechanical garage was laid. Two 4″ power conduits from the mechanical garage to the solar field were installed. All the block that was on site was laid. The record for one day was [...]
