The Last Retaining Wall

The last retaining wall was formed and poured in two days.....the footings were formed and poured on Thursday May 27th, the rebar was tied in, the forms were placed for the massive 14 foot retaining wall that goes down the driveway side of the house..Took three concrete trucks (27 yards) to fill the forms. WOW! The forms were pulled on Saturday May 29th, and here's the wall.

 

Drywall Hung!

The Drywall crew came in on Monday May 24th and worked long hours, they were complete on May 28th.

 

Last Piece of wood

The framers forgot one piece of lumber in one of the bathrooms, so Lyle grabbed his trustee saw and hammer and few nails, and mounted the last piece to our home...

 

Insulation

The Insulation guys came in on thursday May 20th and they worked late each day and finished on Saturday May 22nd. They really cared and did a great job!

 This next picture...focus on the pile of sand in the driveway...there is a funny story that goes with it... Ok, so the dump truck driver pulls up, backs up to the house and starts dumping the sand, Lyle walks over and says to the driver..."You sure you got the right house?' The driver replies, "this is lot #8, right?" Lyle in return decides to pick on the driver, "nope, this is lot number 12." By this time Jonathon and I were laughing our heads off, the dump truck driver pushes the lever to the dump bed down as fast as he could, and had this look on his face like... "OH CRAP!", and then Lyle tells him he is just joking, the driver just looked at him and says, "I almost said bad words." Lyle apologized and the driver laughed, and said, "I have never had anyone do that to me..."

Doors/Windows/Roofing/Stucco (Page 6)

 On May 11, 2010 the first (11) doors all exterior were delivered...

On may 13th all the windows were delivered and then installed on May 14th...Yay!

On May 12, 2010,  the tile for the roof was delivered.....they had the tile layed on the roof the next day, the roofers were fast!

The stucco company was in there and out of there in two days, finishing up the lathe on the house......next comes first gray coat...

The gray coat was put on in one day....12 crew members and about six hours later, after they sprayed the coat on and smoothed it out! 

74 buckets of stucco color was delivered on Friday June 11, 2010. 

 

The Bridge (page 7)

People would drive by the construction site, and ask.."How do you get to your front door?"

 Good Question......so we built a bridge

 

The concrete on the bridge was poured on May 27, 2010

 

The Mishaps (Page 8 )

Now you can not build a house without some kind of mishaps holding up progress.....

they poured the footing for the retaining wall......the next day it rained.....the rock wall came crashing down....YIKES!

then the awesome excavator fixed it all better after the retaining wall went in.....

then on May 17, 2010, we showed up on the job site to find the contractors standing around, when I asked what they were doing they said...."YOU HAVE BEES!" Oh no!~A swarm of approximately 500 killer bees had tried to make our home their home...I DON'T THINK SO! Da Da Da Da...Morgan pest control to the rescue!!!!

Heating/Air and Electrical (Page 5)

The next step after all the framing was done....all the mechanical stuff....seems like it took forever to get done....

Framing the House (page 4)

JW Horsley started framing the lower level on April 12, 2010, these guys were amazingly fast and did quality work, on April 13th they layed the floor truss for the top level and began to sheet the floor, on April 15th the steel beams for the garage floor were delivered and placed, and on April 19th JW and his crew (in one day) framed the whole main level of the house...WOW! all the neighbors were amazed...so at 6:30 pm on the 19th of April, the roof trusses were delivered.....

 A few days later all the trusses were in place, and the roof was sheeted...wala..we have a house......

now just a few ictures from inside the framed house....