Roderick March Update
Melissa2017-03-25T00:43:24-07:00Framing the basement walls with Bluwood. Building a retaining wall and window well. Taking out old electrical.
Framing the basement walls with Bluwood. Building a retaining wall and window well. Taking out old electrical.
This month we tackled a few items that were expected...and un-expected. Beams, radiant heating, new air tools, and blocked drain tiles!
This is a full recap of our beam replacement saga, written by Sitka's leading man...Adam. (edited by Melissa because sometimes he rambles) It spans a 3 week process of forms, footings, inspections, and beam replacement. Summary When you're buying a house, having it checked for any major structural issues is a no brainer. We did our [...]
My faith in the building inspector relationship being a smooth road has been shaken dramatically after today’s inspection.
There are 3 footings and they are not small - 3’ x 3’ each. To cut and dig each of these took time since the soil beneath our house is full of giant rocks.
The footings for our new beam are going in today, there are construction workers and noisy gas powered tools making a blue haze in our house. Awesome.
Today I received a call that our building permit is ready to be picked up. Finally! The phone message also stated we owed $3600! Yikes.
Yeah...more demo! We have a few remaining items to take care of before we can officially declare our basement ready to be rebuilt.
Adam continued his hunt, label and remove mission on the electrical wires to nowhere in the basement.
The previous owners left us their floor plan for the basement. I think our drawings are a little more detailed and planned than theirs, what do you think?
After the plans examiner called on Friday to discuss some things he didn’t like with our drawings I decided I would head to City Hall first thing Monday to change the plans. The plans examiner thought I was a little nuts I think when I told him I was going to make the changes on [...]
This week was all about getting up close and personal with our drain tile pipes.
While I got dirty with the pipes Adam stayed a little cleaner in the garage with a hair cut, wiring and beam repairs.
This week we finally got our building permit submitted for the Roderick house...but it wasn't without a few moments of 'Ugh...c'mon...work with me people!'.