New Home Construction

[bmac]

Another, this one from the back of the house. Everything below the HardiPlank will be brick. Supposed to start the brickwork on Tuesday.

 

[bmac]

Here's the progress made on the overhang over the garage. This will have a metal roof, like the front porch.

 

[bmac]

Close-up of the support bracket.

 

[bmac]

The ceiling of the front porch.

 

[bmac]

Another. We wanted low maintenance materials wherever possible. This is vinyl with a beaded board look.

 

[bmac]

A couple of interior shots of the insulation.

 

[bmac]

Another

 

[bmac]

Here's the attic insulation. Walls are R-13 and attic is R-30. My understanding is that this is pretty much standard.

 

[Wiens]

bmac,

Looks great! You can never have too much insulation.

Is it me or do you have a floating floor for your garage? Maybe the photo distorts the actual garage.

Kevin

 

[bmac]

Kevin,

You have a good eye. The garage floor is poured on a steel framework and serves as the ceiling for a shop in the basement underneath the garage. There are photos of the shop earlier in this thread.

 

[bmac]

I guess its time to update this thread. Its been a couple of weeks since we last visited. At that time, the insulation was complete and the exterior siding was going up. Here is the first photo of the completed siding.

Again, like the last pics of the siding, these photos look horrible. There is some sort of artifact that occurs when I post these pictures. Possibly from the compression I do to make them a postable size. I apologize. The siding really does look good. Keep in mind that for all of these pictures, the HardiPlank has only been primed, not painted.

 

[bmac]

Here's the garage end. The little garage overhang will have a metal roof, as will the front porch.

 

[bmac]

From backyard level. You can see the brickwork is pretty much done.

 

[bmac]

Another view of the retaining wall. I'm happy to report that all of the construction trash has since been cleaned up. I'll have some pictures of that shortly.

 

[bmac]

The previous pictures were from 2 weeks ago. This past week the drywall was hung and they started taping and mudding. The trash was picked up and hauled away, some more trees were removed from the back yard and the huge pile of trees that have been present on site since the initial clearing were burned. I'll post a few pictures of the cleanup efforts. First, the dumpster is full of trash and the tractor man is diging the pit to burn the trees.

 

[bmac]

Here's Hoyt digging the burn pit.

 

[bmac]

Here's the backyard after cleanup.

 

[rox]

Your house looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know why you are so concerned about the siding in the photos, it looks jsut fine to me. Really the house is looking great. Do I see a bit of brick work over to the left of the front porch?

You have a heft square footage, however the home has curb appeal as very inviting, and not a McMansion. I especially like the center windows on the second floor. Looks real sharp. What is behind those windows by the way?

Loved the front porch ceiling, it came out great, especially like the low maintence materials choices. Many thanks for sharing your new home construction with all of us on TBN.

 

[rox]

I would be interested in seeing the kitchen as it starts to get completed.

 

[bmac]

Rox,

Good to hear from you again. When I view the attachments after I post them, on my monitor there is alot of artifact that makes the siding appear as though is is not installed well - like there are huge gaps between each coarse. I'm pleased to know that it looks ok to you.

The large window on the second floor is actually serving a small study in my son's bedroom. Unfortunately, he will not appreciate as much as others might and it is almost a waste there. But, that's the way the floorplan worked. It was placed for exterior esthetic reasons, not for specific interior purposes.

As always, thanks for following along and for the many suggestions you've made. I've got a couple of more pictures topost. Here is another view of the cleaned-up backyard.