There was another long delay, but we’re back in motion now! We changed our stairway to have one side open so that it wouldn’t feel like a tunnel. We also removed a dividing wall in the master closet. Those two things required structural engineering to weigh in on things because both affected load-bearing walls, so we lost two weeks while plans were being redrawn to accommodate and then another one for reinspection and getting started again.
Going forward, I’m told the structure will come up fairly quickly. That must be true because once they started going vertical, what you see at the end of the post is only one day of work!
I’ve turned in all 21 of our tile selections. Just for fun, I made a collage of most of them to see how they work together:
I’ve been working on cabinet sketches, lighting, and railings now and for the next few weeks.
Above the CMU walls and piers begins the crawlspace:
Crawlspace frame and termite shield
8/31 Underground plumbing is in and passed inspection
2.5 weeks later… 9/19 Foundation framing revised after structural changes. City inspector onsite – passed crawlspace reinspection.
9/20 Subfloor decking complete
Going vertical! This was this past Friday, September 21.
The weather here has been very wet, but we’ve gotten a good start.
So now we can walk through it and begin to see where the room divisions are. Here’s a time-lapse of two months of work…
More soon!
