Day 52 Since Starting Foundation of Our New Home Construction The framers were back early this week. They have finished the second floor walls. The trusses were supposed to be delivered this week, but there is a delay from the truss company. They won’t be delivered until next week. In the meantime the framers are…
Eugene New Home Builder Day 45 This week they started framing the second story. They finished last week by putting up the floor joists. Monday they put the sub floors in and started the second story walls. We were able to check out the second story without walls earlier in the week, but had to…
Day 38 Since Starting Foundation It’s been 38 days since the foundation was started and we’re still framing. We had a little rain at the beginning of the week, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I checked the forecast and it didn’t look like there was going to be any more rain,…
Framing the First Floor of Our Oregon New Home Wow! What a difference a week makes! They put in the sub floors the first part of the week and then started framing the walls later in the week. Now that framing has started it seems like things are really moving along. Every time we go…
Floor Joist for New Home We did not get much done last week. The two weeks prior to that we had the foundation poured and the following week the garage concrete was poured. I was hoping our excavator could come to trench the utilities, install foundation drains and back fill; but unfortunately his bobcat broke…
Week 2 of Construction of Our Oregon New Home Not much has changed on the new home. I was hoping our excavator could come during this time we had between the foundation and start of framing, but…s$%# happens. His bobcat broke down last week and he spent the end of last week and the beginning…
Starting Construction on Our New Oregon Home We officially are underway with construction. Our start date was 7/24/18, as that was the day they started forms for the foundation. They poured the concrete for the foundation the next day. Here’s a video of what’s been going on the past month. After the old house was…
Starting Foundation for Our Oregon Home This week foundation is being started! I can’t believe it’s finally here! We’re actually starting construction. We were supposed to be “lot ready” by 7/5/18. We were scrambling a bit at the end, but we were able get everything done in time to meet our “notice to proceed date”.…
Adair Homes Lot Ready Meeting We had our Lot Ready Meeting last week with Adair Homes. The purpose of the meeting is to confirm that temporary water/power is available and operational, to get familiar with the property and explain the build process. We met them at the home site and went over everything to verify…
Getting Lot Ready for New Home Construction Last week we were out of town, but that does not mean I had a vacation from planning our new home build in Eugene, Oregon. There was still plenty to do. At the beginning of the week I was scrambling, as I was trying to get the meter…
