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They finished the flooring
Great detail around the tree
Stan working hard
Our future bedroom
The bathrooms will be along the back wall
Our open (future) stairway
Looking right down into the basement
Both bathrooms
Our slider opening
Our picture window will be on the corner
From inside the bathrooms
Looking great!
Putting the rafters in place
Starting to really get a feel for what it will look like
Paul cheesing!
Working through dusk
Stan checking measurements
About to call it a day
Looking amazing!
Our beams are in!
They are beautiful
Looking into the bathrooms
Two great guys just building a house
The beautiful imperfections
Removing the bark
Nature is amazing
Mysterious tree eating bug...
Finally got all the bark off
Amazing tree
Getting ready for the crane
The opening for the tree behind the dormer windows
The tarp to protect from rain
The tree has dried some and needs cleaned of mold
Thanks to Classens for putting our tree in place
Making a game plan
Getting lined up
Very tight space to fit the tree through
Still getting lined up
Fingers crossed!
About to lift her, moment of truth
WOW!
Making sure she is lined up good!
The wind had her swaying pretty good
We made it through!
Making sure its perfect- no moving her once she is down!
Our stairs will wrap around this beauty.
The top of her is in the kitchen, fat bottom in the stairway. =D
Our mess is coming together
Our driveway door looking in
The guys have removed the roof to lay plank flooring
Big mess coming together
They have got a lot of the flooring down
Looking beautiful
This tree will go through our kitchen island
Getting a feel for what it will look like
The area above the flooring will become two bathrooms here
This will all be the kitchen
VERY open!
Looks so much larger
The discolorations will eventually blend as the wood ages
More flooring down
Last picture before the rest of the roof will be removed
As far as we can go until the tree is in for the stairs
Four trucks, one excavator, six men and a girl with a camera
The front step is up
Jacks are in place lifting the house
Looking up through the bathroom "floor" from the basement
One of the cracks to be sealed
About to get started- our tree is in the background for size reference
First holes dug
This poor house needed a lot of work, we are getting there
Three men watching one work. =P
Just a little reference of depth
This was the old drainage pipe. It needed replaced.
I was bummed to see these flowers dug up, I managed to pull some aside
"Not another step Greg!"
Some more of the old pipe
We were able to move the lilac tree, hopefully she transplants well
Putting her in place
Digging around the garage's electric, very smooth!
Removing our metal septic pipe to replace it with updated material, PVC
"You know, just five guys standing around talking about crap." ;D
What a mess...
New drainage pipe is in place, this will help redirect water that collects at the front of the house
A beautiful day to dig up septic and foundation
The new drainage system
That my friends, is a big hole..
big hole continued..
Bricks are out to lay a straighter and stronger foundation
Four jacks in all to lift this side of the home
Our septic corner before
Our new Septic pipe coming in
Where our new septic pipe goes into the basement
The guys managed to get the form poured for the septic corner. This should last once dry
With the form removed, we now have a good, sturdy septic pipe and corner
New bricks being laid for a sturdy foundation
Lots of hard work from these two
Paul completing the finishing touches in the corner
Pauls working on the water barrier layer. Kind of like a pool liner now
He looks so good when he's working! ;D
The frost barrier
The handy little Kubota tractor
Finishing the covering with the Kubota
Paul is proud of his work! Actually, I just caught him in the middle of talking. :)
This should hold up to the Vermont winters now
Looks really good now that the hole is filled
The tree that will be in our stairway
Finally got all the bark removed
The old entry way
Posts are getting put in place as well as the top part of the tree for a post
Living room posts and beams are up
The large center beam in place
The home is really starting to take shape
...though it is still a mess
Living room and dining room are up
It is so much more sturdy now
Paul cheezin! :D
This is used to hold the walls together once the roof comes off
Top view from our bedroom window
Our chimney will be covered once complete
Such beautiful work notching the posts and beams
Making sure all of our ducks are in a row before proceeding
Messy, but getting there!
The ramp created to fill the dumpster
First cut made
The start of what will be an open stairway
Our ceiling
Looking into the dining room and kitchen
Kitchen emptied
Oak walls we found in the bathroom under the first wall
He can visualize the home complete
Looking into Kadynce's room
This was the bathroom, it will become our laundry/pantry room
Our ceiling will be vaulted once complete
Our ceiling almost removed
Our bedroom
The whole stairway will be removed and replaced with stairs less steep
The only carpet in the home was removed from the stairs
Starting to look really open
Looking from our room into Kadynce's
The lath boards removed from the home will be burned
Looking into the living room from the dining room
The stairs will remain open
The living room
The stairs are officially out!
The downstairs bedroom will become our new mudroom
Looking into the basement
Down comes the upstairs floor to make room for the posts, beams and new flooring
Down stairs room
Getting cleaned up
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Kadynce's Bedroom
Kadynce's Closet
Our Bedroom Entry
Our Bedroom
Kadynce's Entry
Down Stairs room
Bedroom Down Stairs
Bathroom
Stairway
Kadynce's Built in
Our Bedroom
Kitchen(Don't mind the mess, we were packing)
Stan before the first bit of demo
Built in baking area
Where the stove was
Paul anxiously awaiting making a mess
Kitchen
Can't wait to see the finished product!
Scoping out trees
First tree down
The trees to become our posts and beams
Cleaning up the tree for the mill
So much work to do
Log in position
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Cuts like butter
What beautiful colors
Stan hard at work
Flipping the log to make the next cut
Lots of heavy lifting
Both Paul and Stan hard at work
Saw dust
Planing the posts
Nice and smooth
Our beautiful Hemlock
Our pile of posts