The Scott Pad

[...] , finished most of the front handrail, repaired the rear deck post, got much of the bio-retention pond completed, got electricity to the house, finished the electrical work, finished the carpet [...]

[...] all the registers. Carpet Installation: On Friday, we expect to have our carpet installed. Bio-Retention Pond: By Friday, we hope to have our bio-retention pond completed (finally!). Final Grading: If [...]

[...] porch columns built and got our shutters installed. And on the exterior, we didn’t get the bio-retention pond in nor the final grading. The coming week will be all about tying up some interior loose [...]

[...] electric) installed and started putting our underground gutters in place (for our bio-retention pond). The only real issue we had last week was the bio-retention pond, which is turning into a [...]

[...] should pretty much put us back on schedule. During Week #3, the plan is to keep moving on foundation work. The schedule calls for foundation to finish by the end of week #3, but we’re going to lose [...]

[...] My original schedule called for us to be through foundation work and starting on framing by today, but I underestimated the complexity and sheer volume of [...]

[...] installed (one needs to wait until front porch is completed). We didn’t get our foundation work completed and we also didn’t measure for countertops, two relatively important items. [...]

[...] , the forms will be stripped and we can move on to waterproofing and the the rest of the foundation work… [...]

[...] After seeing how well our framing crew from Builders First Source did (both quickly and high quality work), I decided that I really wanted to use them for [...]

[...] The weather FINALLY started cooperating this week! Woohoo- back in action! Builders First Source made their debut on site Wednesday, dropping off the steel — the steel beams that will run [...]

[...] ’s Location: Outside one crazy-awesome nearly full-framed house while the AMAZING crew at Builders First Source prepares to hoist a 20-foot high exterior wall in place BY HAND!!! This crew has [...]

[...] week we’ve ever seen on a jobsite, EVER! Dennis, our Project Manager at Builders First Source, led Carlos and his amazing crew to work wonders. In just a few short days, we [...]

Watch on Wednesday: Week 2 This Week’s Location: Overlooking the footers that were just poured yesterday evening. Bartley Corp. kicked butt! Plus, [...]

Watch on Wednesday: Week 3 This Week’s Location: Sitting beside the newly-finished foundation walls, under a gorgeous Japanese maple tree . We pai [...]

Watch on Wednesday: Week 4 This Week’s Location: In the back of the lot, behind the dirt piles we will someday call “home.” See the black lin [...]

Watch on Wednesday: Week 5 This Week’s Location: By the garage, while the Bartley Corp. crew installs a vapor barrier in preparation for pouring [...]