Thursday, June 30, 2011

A Foundation to Build On!


As the sun came up this morning, the first concrete trucks rolled in at 6:00am.  James at ACH braved the early morning and sent this picture to us.  The boom was in place and ready to start pumping.




This was the scene when I finally made it out here at 7:30 this morning. Almost all the concrete was in place and the stamped concrete people were there waiting to get started on the back porch.





By lunch, the concrete was poured.  The trucks were gone.  Finishing touches were being put on the foundation and boards were already being removed. 




The back porch has had its first color put into the wet concrete and the stamp placed to simulate flagstone.  Later, they will come back and dye the individual "rocks" to look like real stone and then seal it near the completion of the house.

The foundation is complete.  The chalklines are in place for the walls and framing starts tomorow morning!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Pre-Pour Stage


We are getting excited.  Things are about to start taking shape.  The first load of lumber was delivered today. Several more loads to follow this afternoon and tomorrow.


The forms are complete.  The post-tension cables are run.  The floor plugs have been set in place.  Concrete starts pouring at 0600 in the morning.  Will try and get out and post some pics of the concrete boom truck.  The stamped concrete people will be here around 0800 tomorrow to start the back porch staining and stamping. 

James says that framing starts Friday and that there should be a roof on the house within two weeks!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Plumbing


Well, we got back from Alaska and the plumbing has been put in place.  Soon the foundation will be formed in and poured.  We are already overbudget on the front fence, but we really feel that the front entrance will enhance the overall aesthetic of the property.  It is hard to tell how big the rooms will be by just the foundation forms.  Can't wait to see it come together. 

Friday, June 3, 2011

Pad Complete



The house pad is officially complete.  Thanks to David Taylor for his great work.  We are probably on hold for a bit now.  The pad needs to be watered before forms are put in place.  Rain would be nice but the water meter will be put in next week.  Maybe forms by late next week or early the next.

 The second picture gives you an idea of the awesome view we will have out our back porch. 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Design Gallery Day


We just spent an entire day at the Design Gallery in Dallas to make choices about tile, lighting, flooring, countertops, etc....

Above is our master bath choices.

This is the pool bath selections.



This is what the back patio is going to look like.


This is the kitchen selections. 


It was an mentally exhausting day.  Hopefully all of our picks will come in on budget.  We plan on hand scraped wood floors mixed with the tile seen above in the kitchen selectons.  We picked all the light fixtures for the house today as well.  There are too many to post the pics here. 

Keep tuned as we hone these choices.