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Siding the Joint

January 10, 2019 CrowtopiaUncategorized

The design and planing for siding has been on going since the very beginning. Initially we had been thinking of more traditional products like cedar shakes and bevel lap siding. […]

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Drains Everywhere

December 12, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

It was inevitable that Randall the excavator would have to come back. This time it was for drainage, both downspouts and footing drains. The rains have started back up again […]

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Wall of Entertainment

November 3, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

No living room would be complete without an entertainment wall, center, or whatever you want to call it. We are definitely going to have one and it has sucked up […]

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Let There Be Light

October 27, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Now that we are dried in it’s time to start installing the internals of the structure. That includes plumbing, HVAC and electrical. This phase is all about the “rough-in”, which […]

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Windows

July 28, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

The windows were scheduled to be delivered soon and and there was lots of preparation before they can be installed. The first thing is to get the rough window openings […]

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Roof Hatch and Skylights Oh My!

July 28, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Once the roof was framed up I started thinking about skylights. This was especially important since the roofers had us penciled in and they will show up any day. First […]

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The View is Framed

July 21, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

We have come a long way on the framing in a short time. The second story and roof are left. There is a lot of detail in this portion of […]

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Framing the View (Part 2)

June 21, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Now that the first floor framing system was in place we could see the view again! The main and upper floor walls were easier to frame because the floor is […]

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Framing the View

May 19, 2018May 19, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Framing started later than I had expected. A framer was lined up for September but he decided not to do the project so I scrambled to find a new framer. […]

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Steeling the Show

May 19, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

It all started in early December when the steel detailer sent me the first takeoff of the steel from the structural plans. We have quite a bit of structural steel […]

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Floored

March 4, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

The slab (floor) is the last concrete pour before the framing can proceed but there is a fair amount of work to do before that. The rains have started after […]

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Last of The Grade beams

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

The time has come to pour the last of the footings and get out of the ground. We left off in the last post with a minefield of pipe piles […]

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Beams of Light

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 CrowtopiaUncategorized

It’s been a while since I updated the blog. It’s time to pour more grade beams. Getting the beams done represents a faint light at the end of the tunnel […]

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Concrete!

December 2, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

We have many stages of concrete ahead of us but I’m super happy to get started forming up. The main grade beam and a couple of square interior footings are […]

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Prepping for Forms

October 9, 2017October 21, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

It’s time to start rebuilding the house and it all starts with the concrete. There’s still a bit of prep to do but nothing too terribly complex. The first task […]

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Driving it Home

October 5, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

The excavation is complete for this phase and it’s time to move on to pin piles. Since the soil under our house is not considered to be load bearing, a […]

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Reinventing the Foundation

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Days turned into night and night turned into day with seemingly no progress made on the foundation issues. The engineer had been working on a plan to fix our foundation […]

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Unreinforced Concrete

August 19, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

Like the wood framing, we knew there were problems with the concrete foundation the moment it was exposed. The demo contractor had seen it many times before and was quick […]

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Bringing Down the House

August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

After asbestos abatement we were ready to start the demo process. I was keen on keeping as much of the structure as possible to save money and be nice to […]

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Slopes are $teep

May 30, 2017June 11, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

A geotechnical firm was brought in to assess the slope stability and give recommendations for building on the existing foundation. After some test bores for soil conditions the news came back […]

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Plans will change

May 28, 2017August 20, 2017 CrowtopiaUncategorized

When we bough the house in 2010 we had no idea that it would take 6 1/2 years to start our remodel. The first time we walked into the house […]

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