Many, many thanks to my brother Dan and sis-in-law Diane for their help with the house this week. They looped by after the wedding and a mini getaway to Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria.
When they came, we had the second floor side walls up and the gable walls (the pointy ones) framed but not up “aka - on the deck”.
On day 1, we all tilted up the end walls, carefully bracing them as we went. We then started in sheathing the walls as Diane and Deb (the Radon Raiders) caulked the seams around the basement to prevent that evil radon from killing us.
Dan is a really hard worker and was uber helpful getting plywood up on the new walls
The Tyvek twins dove into putting up Tyvek on the lower levels.
Tyvek stapling and taping. We’re using a cap stapler to hold down the Tyvek since it will probably remain uncovered for a long time.
Diane doing her Tyvek handiwork.
By the end of their visit, we had both gable walls up and almost 3/4 of the 2nd floor walls sheathed. I really hate being up 30’ on a ladder, though.
This is the computer rendering of the front of the house (same view as above) to give some perspective on the final look.
Prior to their arrive, we took delivery of the new fireplace. This is an “RSF Opel 2” zero clearance fireplace, capable of up to 70,000 btu output. It will also supply heat to the basement via a duct.
We also took deliver of our 21 Milgard Montecito windows.
Moving a 400 lb fireplace around is a chore. Now how do we lift it onto a 16” high platform once built?
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