okie boarder's house

[michael hunter]

Make sure they rap the house and you should tape all the joints and gaps around the windows and doors before the siding goes on. It makes a huge difference when the winter wind starts blowing. Most contractors are more concerned with getting it done as fast as possible . So its up to you the do the little things like sealing gaps in the framing and placement of furnace , hot water heater ducts and plumbing so you can finish the basement or other areas later. Have them add outlets in the garage most code only requires 1 so that is what you get.

[Okie Boarder]

Thanks Michael. Our contractor is pretty good and atypical, but we'll definitely be aware of those items. He is planning to use the zip board system, which seals everything up, as far as I know.

[michael hunter]

That ZIP system looks very good . You cant spent too much time sealing before the siding goes up .

[Okie Boarder]

Dirt is being delivered and used to fill in the low area to the south, so the pad can be finished. I went out this morning to see it get started and had some time to take some pics.

You can see the low area to the south and how they are filling it in. The house pad need to extend into the hill about 20' or so.



Our wood pile is starting to shape up. Between the tree we cut on our place and the wood we cut off a construction job, we're getting a good pile to split. This is about half of what we have.





First load of dirt and some views of the area being worked.

[Okie Boarder]

Here you can see the cleared area along the back of the property and the area cleared as a "pasture" in the back.

[Okie Boarder]

Several shots working back up toward the front and of the cleared areas. The first several pictures are from the south facing north.

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Some pictures from tonight...the pad is basically done other than some leveling tomorrow.