Framer Guys were back. Glen Eagle Homes. Wow.
In the design of the house there were a couple of issues where all you could think to say was OOPS. The major OOPS was the junction of the secondary roof line and the staircase windows.
I can’t remember what ran through my head when I first saw this – but it wasn’t good.
Yesterday, using Tim’s design, the Framers rejigged the roof and eliminated this problem.

Here they are at 7am. Cutting back and reshaping the roof line.

Voila!

Also the garage. That was a smaller oops. The original window design on the second floor was too small to accommodate the original house windows and we didn’t catch this in time. So yesterday larger holes were cut and the upstairs windows were installed in the garage.

Now it looks like this:


And this.
And yet another repaired oops. The bathroom window on the first floor. Where my porch is. Two problems. It had been situated in the wall so it was impossible to place a course of brick between the window and the wall. Not good. And a bigger problem still. When you opened the door to the porch there was a good chance you would take out the window (were the window to have been left open). As in goodbye window.
Tim fixed this last week by moving the window over. Like this.

And then the stairs
You can’t see much unfortunately. All covered up with plastic. But still. They’re in.

Framer Guys will be back Monday. For an hour or two. There is some duct work upstairs which still needs to be boxed in and the stairs. And then that’s it for framing. Cue LOUD CLAPPING.
Oh yah. Also yesterday. They framed up THE WHOLE BASEMENT. Done like dinner. One bedroom. One bathroom. Furnace room. Storage room. And a really really nice family room. Pictures to follow.
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Out of the mouths of babes
Posted in Commentary on August 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It might surprise you to know that in this house we watch My Big Amazing Reno for fun and recreation. Really. There is such a show. This is where seemingly normal people take small houses and triple the square footage and build kitchens the size of football fields and install tennis courts of granite . Typically these projects tend to run 2 to 3 hundred thousand OVER budget and take four times as long as scheduled. Typically disasters on the job site come like waves on the shore. It is amazing to me that anyone is left standing at the end. They all seem to be smiling.
But we know better. Reality TV. Right.
http://www.hgtv.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=233780&Category=MZ
All good fun.
I think I know why they make these shows.
Haven’t figure why we watch them. Kinda of like moths to the flame. But we won’t go there.
Last night we were watching one of these transformations. 3,000 square foot split level into 6,000 square foot tudor. You think I’m kidding? I swear it’s true.
The lady of the piece says in frustration, “Its been months and months and months – I am so tired of this!” Or something similarly poignant.
The Little Girl turns to the TV screen. ” Geezz lady – try YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.”
My children are actually very funny people.
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