lesa
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Oh, yes! I love a white kitchen! Can't wait to see it!
New House Construction - Finished for Now & Happy Thanksgiving!!
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I have always loved the smell of lumber, and it smells even better when it's being used to build me a house! The hip roof is what's making it take longer, apparently. I'm a little worried about DH hurting his back by overdoing it, but I'm trying not to nag him too much. I force myself to stay away while they are working because it makes me nervous! I'll feel better once the roof is all done.
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Off topic a bit, but it's my favorite construction story.
The lady running my first (all woman) HFH build had a few issues with me. I suspect it was because I often seemed to know more than she did about construction and she was a bit afraid that she'd lose face. I was careful not to question anything she suggested in front of others, but I did speak with her privately to be sure we were both talking about the same thing - acknowledging that there were other ways to do things than the way DH had taught me.
Anyway, one Saturday she announced that we would be putting on soffit. I immediately reached down for a short piece of 2X4 and handed it to her. She looked puzzled and asked why I had given it to her. For the life of me I couldn't remember why, but I knew deep down that whenever we did soffit work DH asked for a short 2x4.
Well, she furrowed her brows, sighed, and decided that we would do other work until the general contractor arrived to show us how it was done. When he started to explain, he looked directly at me and asked for that same 2x4 I'd handed to our building leader earlier that morning. THEN I remembered! The 2x4 was used to find and mark where the soffit would be nailed to the wall.
Gee! I wish I could be there with ya'll!
The lady running my first (all woman) HFH build had a few issues with me. I suspect it was because I often seemed to know more than she did about construction and she was a bit afraid that she'd lose face. I was careful not to question anything she suggested in front of others, but I did speak with her privately to be sure we were both talking about the same thing - acknowledging that there were other ways to do things than the way DH had taught me.
Anyway, one Saturday she announced that we would be putting on soffit. I immediately reached down for a short piece of 2X4 and handed it to her. She looked puzzled and asked why I had given it to her. For the life of me I couldn't remember why, but I knew deep down that whenever we did soffit work DH asked for a short 2x4.
Well, she furrowed her brows, sighed, and decided that we would do other work until the general contractor arrived to show us how it was done. When he started to explain, he looked directly at me and asked for that same 2x4 I'd handed to our building leader earlier that morning. THEN I remembered! The 2x4 was used to find and mark where the soffit would be nailed to the wall.
Gee! I wish I could be there with ya'll!
MontyJ
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That's looking great Kate! Hip roofs do take longer to build. It's a lot of precision cutting. On the bright side, some of the time will be made up during the siding phase because there isn't a gable to do.
dewdropsinwv
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Sweet!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to get ours started!!!!
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This was what it looked like yesterday. Thankfully, the sheathing made the roof water tight because it POURED last night. Bone dry inside, tho!! Windows are going in as I write this.
dewdropsinwv
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That's awesome curly kate!!!
ninnymary
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Wow, it looks like a house now. Pretty soon it will look like a home.
Mary
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MontyJ
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That's moving along fast Kate! Looking good!!
Jared77
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They are FLYING along! Wow!!!
