May 30: Shoring up the old floor, wall in family room, more plumbing

Finally got to put up the shear wall in the family room.  The cutout for the entry to the stair/hall is done too.

A pic of the reverse side.

More plumbing.  This is the washer setup.

Alex's straight cove ceiling framing is done.  Nice job Matt!

On the Sunday of Memorial Day I jackhammered out the concrete sides of the old heater access.  The concrete pad was where the package unit was sitting.

The main electrical panel and the new tower.

The inside electrical panel.  There might be more than one inside, but it's not yet installed.

The sewer plumbing from the second floor is too large to fit in a 4" wall.  This wall will be furr'd out to accommodate.

Some pics from underneath.  This is under the two-story section.  New sewer and supply pipes are seen.

This is under the old single story section.  We're adding floor joists to bolster the support.  The original had 4x6 beams on 4' centers.

More pics of the additional floor joists.  The lighter colored wood is the new stuff.

More of the same.

They had to do some digging under the house for the new sewer plumbing.

May 20: More internal framing, more plumbing

This is the stair well.  There is a high window.  You can see the outline of the first story roof.

This is truly the main drain from the house.  This is the sewer pipe that exits the house under neath the foundation.  I'm not sure what the other pipe carry.  I suppose I'll ask.

This is the living room.  Not much new going on here.  The soffit is installed.  The clipped corner is where the piano will sit.

The coffer ceiling framing in Cali's room is complete.  Looks nice.

A picture of the corner detail of the coffer ceiling.

The coffer ceiling in Alex's room has been started.

A pic from kitchen.

This shows how the sunlight will be shining on the TV area this time of year.

May 19: Plumbing and eaves are going in and on.

The eaves in the front use tongue-in-groove boards.

The entrance has its eaves on too.

To save money, the eaves around the rest of the house were changed to plywood.

Plumbing for the half bath.

Looks like a sewer clean-out opening to the outside.

The laundry plumbing.

The main drain...

More main drain or stuff flowing too it.

The new south facing roof.  This is where the solar panels will be re-installed.  We're looking at the possibility to increase the size.

Matt and his crew.

The north facing roof.  Nothing but shingles go here.  Well, the skylights go here (a bit off to the right).

Yet another pic of the main room from the stairs area.  The horizontal section will be removed.  We've got enough wall to maintain contiguity.

Minor main drains flowing into the main drain.

May 12: More roofing. A busy weekend. My niece got married, my daughter had high school swimming champion ships and other daughter had a softball tournament.

The front from the street (and behind the security fence).

The gable eaves are being added.

The eaves around the south side of the house.

The kitchen ceiling.  We're thinking we may leave the high slope instead of flat (at the level of the horizontal joist).

The new rear patio.  The right post is going to be moved 1/2 foot to the right.

The 'great' room.  The sofits are not yet in.

Some of the first bits of plumbing.  This is the main drain from the master bath.

The water heater room from the laundry room.  The diagonal thing is part of the contiguous 50% wall.

The mud room ceiling.  We need to figure out a solution for this.  It's 8', not 8.5' as the rest of the kitchen.

A pic of the detail of the main beam in the mud room.  It's part of the issue for how to deal with the mud room ceiling.

A pic of the front of the house from the other side.