From my lack of blogging lately you might guess we've been preoccupied with something else. Yes, the building of our house has begun!
So obviously, the first photo has to be the "before shot". And I wish I could show you the "after shot" but that probably won't be for a few years!
Ours is a corner lot. I'm standing in the southwest corner, facing northeast. I'll take lots of pictures from this corner. The dates on the pictures are correct so we can easily tell when things happened.
Topsoil has been scraped off and the house staked out. Fred and the big yellow machine are ready to start digging the hole for our house.
This is our detached garage/workshop. We'll also have an attached garage. So yes, that is four garage doors we have ordered!!! By the way, so many choices now for choosing garage doors! Rich and I built these styrofoam block walls while our two little girls were playing off in the back by the camper.
Here we see the cement truck and lots of helpers as the footings were poured for the house. That's a set of Elders helping there too. People are so willing to help - it's been wonderful!!!
And now we have the styrofoam blocks for the basement walls, eventually to be filled with rebar and cement. It really is like building a house out of lego!
My dad looking very happy to help. We were certainly very happy to have him help!!!
Detached garage with its floor all poured. Notice the red hoses in the far back corner for in-floor heating! It's gonna be a nice workshop! It's funny though, people think this garage is for Richie. They don't realize that I love working with wood too and used to sell lots of crafts and will again someday!!! Oh, and notice Richie and Katia in the very center, and my shadow taking the picture! A few horses live in the field behind us.
The first wall is ready to be lifted by Rob, Kevin, Dad, Lynn and Richie.
And up it goes!!!
Richie and Rob with the north and east walls. Windows are high so we can have workbenches below - good planning!!!
Lifting the garage trusses.
Richie, Rob, Kevin and Jas putting up the roof. 8/12 pitch in case you were wondering!
And the view again from the southwest corner - it's changed a lot!!!
Well lookee here!!! The roof is sheeted now and that's Richie up there. He's a fast worker!
Okay, back to the house and putting on the floor. Our house is a 1620 square foot bungalow with a full basement and a bonus room over the attached garage.
Remembrance Day and no school, which means more helpers at the house. Carlee and Jas hauling wood.
That's Kevin lifting all the 2x6's from below while the people up top are stacking them nicely in the center so there is room on the edges to start building the exterior walls.
And that's all I can show you for now until I upload more photos - believe me, I've taken lots!!! Richie has been working at an amazing pace, trying to get as much done while the weather was nice. And that brings me to my delight: I delight in my husband and the knowledge and ability he has to build a home - a haven for our family from the world. And I delight in all the people who have been so willing to help us.
