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Second floor framing

Sep 26, 2010

Warren and Peter worked around the rain last week and were able to frame up the exterior walls on the second floor, start the balloon frame for the stairs and finish waterproofing the foundation. Saturday we built temporary stairs to the second floor. You can now walk up the stairs from the basement all the way to the second floor. Fall colors were just starting to turn last week. If you compare the view from last week and this week you see Fall is well on its way.

More rain

Sep 19, 2010

More framing!

Sep 13, 2010

Final Energy Analysis and Recommendations

Sep 13, 2010

Back in May (see June Updates) we met with the energy guys (DEAP Group). At that time they reviewed the plans at that stage and made recommendations to improve the air sealing and insulation levels.

Window Decision

Sep 13, 2010

We have chosen our windows. If you remember earlier posts about our criteria for windows (April Update and Window Shopping), you’ll know that we were looking for low U-values (more insulation), high SHGC values (more heat from the sun), and low dollar values (more money in our wallets). We found 2 out of 3.