Well, as the summer comes to a close, we update the blog once again...
Here is the roof after sheathing is completed. You can see the shingles and underlayment have been delivered - right where they are needed!
This is, second only to the ICF walls, the coolest product used on the house. These panels of "EZ Floor" act not only as insulation under the slab, but also hold the radiant floor tubing. The knobs are around 1.5" high, and laid out in a grid so that the radiant floor crew can route the tubing as needed with relative ease!
Here is a look at the finished EZ Floor insulation. Like great big foam legos!
And here is a picture (a bit blurry, sorry) of PEX tubing routed along the EZ Floor panels. See how the loops are laid out in the "knobs"?
Well, at this point, the roof was about 25% done. Side over the garage and most of the front was done, though there was still a bunch of underlayment to do, as well as shingling the rest, plus Ridglass trim.
Concrete slab time! This was the first of 4 or 5 trucks that delivered concrete for the slab. And that doesn't count the garage, which hasn't been poured yet :)
Here you can see some of the concrete crew - sort of... Have to stop shaking with excitement when taking pictures!
These guys are good! Look at the length of the handle on that float! Gives the slab a nice, smooth surface.
And Voila! Here is the finished product - a big slab of concrete! This is looking from the kitched toward the master bathroom.
And here is the view looking from the "family room" toward the guest bedroom.
Interior framing begins! Here you are seeing the initial layout of the guest bathroom.
This is the master bathroom (straight ahead), walk-in closet (to the left of the bathroom), and coat closet (small triangular-shaped area where the red PEX tubing is sticking up).
WOW! There are WALLS!!! This is looking down the hall from the guest bedroom toward the master bathroom.
Here you are looking out the entrance to the master bedroom, toward the "rec room" where kids will watch TV, and where the treadmill will live.
Well, it looks like the roofing is done at last... Those two gray things near the peak are "power vents" used to clear HOT air from the attic (which is probably bigger than the house!).
Wish we'd been here earlier that day... This is the 1500 gallon septic tank (with two green tubes) and 1000 gallon pressure tank (closer to the camera) in what I can only imagine to be a HUGE hole. Man, that excavator is GOOD! There is a hose running into the right-most tube, filling the main tank, so that they can test it once final hook-ups are done.
Here the excavator (in the black hat) and his crew are working on the first of four drain-field lines. The white PVC pipe is what the effluent (fancy name for liquid coming out of the septic tank) runs down. The stuff then shoots out of the PVC into the soil, and the black-plastic pieces keep it from leaking upward out of the ground... This is a pressure-distribution system.
Here you can see the guys putting the final touches on the first drain field line. Man, this thing is LONG!
Here is the roof after sheathing is completed. You can see the shingles and underlayment have been delivered - right where they are needed!
This is, second only to the ICF walls, the coolest product used on the house. These panels of "EZ Floor" act not only as insulation under the slab, but also hold the radiant floor tubing. The knobs are around 1.5" high, and laid out in a grid so that the radiant floor crew can route the tubing as needed with relative ease!
Here is a look at the finished EZ Floor insulation. Like great big foam legos!
And here is a picture (a bit blurry, sorry) of PEX tubing routed along the EZ Floor panels. See how the loops are laid out in the "knobs"?
Well, at this point, the roof was about 25% done. Side over the garage and most of the front was done, though there was still a bunch of underlayment to do, as well as shingling the rest, plus Ridglass trim.
Concrete slab time! This was the first of 4 or 5 trucks that delivered concrete for the slab. And that doesn't count the garage, which hasn't been poured yet :)
Here you can see some of the concrete crew - sort of... Have to stop shaking with excitement when taking pictures!
These guys are good! Look at the length of the handle on that float! Gives the slab a nice, smooth surface.
And Voila! Here is the finished product - a big slab of concrete! This is looking from the kitched toward the master bathroom.
And here is the view looking from the "family room" toward the guest bedroom.
Interior framing begins! Here you are seeing the initial layout of the guest bathroom.
This is the master bathroom (straight ahead), walk-in closet (to the left of the bathroom), and coat closet (small triangular-shaped area where the red PEX tubing is sticking up).
WOW! There are WALLS!!! This is looking down the hall from the guest bedroom toward the master bathroom.
Here you are looking out the entrance to the master bedroom, toward the "rec room" where kids will watch TV, and where the treadmill will live.
Wish we'd been here earlier that day... This is the 1500 gallon septic tank (with two green tubes) and 1000 gallon pressure tank (closer to the camera) in what I can only imagine to be a HUGE hole. Man, that excavator is GOOD! There is a hose running into the right-most tube, filling the main tank, so that they can test it once final hook-ups are done.
Here the excavator (in the black hat) and his crew are working on the first of four drain-field lines. The white PVC pipe is what the effluent (fancy name for liquid coming out of the septic tank) runs down. The stuff then shoots out of the PVC into the soil, and the black-plastic pieces keep it from leaking upward out of the ground... This is a pressure-distribution system.
Here you can see the guys putting the final touches on the first drain field line. Man, this thing is LONG! 
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