VA7DXX

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Jan 29th 2016
First Conceptual drawing
April 25th
Soil for Rosemary's Garden

April 29
Dropped of Documents with the CVRD and got the development paper that day!


March 27th
View from where the house will be

May 12th
Building Permits in hand


Preparation of the site
May 19th

May 20th
2 are better than one

They Arrived

Lazer leveling the hole

May 24th

May24th

May 24th
Brain storming

MP4-3

June 2nd
Hard at it.

The coax runs

May 26th
Big boys toys at work


MP4-4
May 26th




May 31
The building inspector (arrived on his bike)

Next came the septic system

Things are starting to happen


June 1st
The Electrician arrived

June 1st

June 1st
Shaw and telus pipes for the house

June 1st
The power is "OFF"

June 8th
Tower test hole (found Vancouver Island)

Found a camera for recording progress

June 30th

July 4th

July 8th
Concrete next

The pumper truck arrives

Friday the pumper arrived


July 11th
The forms are off the foundation

July 11th
Wall forms arrive

July 11th
Preporation for the forms

July
The froms are almost up

July 13th
Still working on the forms

July 14th
The forms are taking shape

July 18th
Just starting to pour

Still pouring

and even more...

July 18th
The pouring has finished

July 19th
Frames coming off

July 20th
No more forms.

July 24th
Walls are coated

August 3rd
The crawl space floor

August 6th
WALLS!

August 9th
Floor Joists

August 10th
Joists are in!

August 11th
Floor is done

August 12th
Now the they start the walls

August 15th
Wood for walls arrived
Dining room patio door frame up.

August 16th 2016
Wall's are started

August 17th
Kitchen wall is up & living room wall is next..


August 18th 2016

August 19th 2016
More walls

August 22, 2016
More walls...

April 22, 2016
Inside walls

August 26 2016
All walls on the first floor are done and now they work on the joist's

August 31st 2016
2nd floor started

Twoshoes enjoying the construction.

Sept. 13 2016
No longer need a plank to get inside.

Sept. 19 2016

Sept. 26 2016

Sept. 27 2016
Working on the porch (some wind for roof work)


Sept 26 2016
More roof work today and the chimney for the wood burning stove

October 08 2016

Oct. 20 2016
Roof Membrain and wall Tyvek

Oct 24 2016
The windows are almost all in...

Oct 26 2016
They started the door installs

Oct 26 2016
The BIG sliding door got installed

Nov. 3 2016
The front deck

And the airtight too...

Nov. 10 2016
Working on the soffits

Nov. 12 2016
Clearing for the concrete pad

Nov. 12 2016

Nov.14 2016
The first of the siding

Nov. 16 2016


Nov. 16 2016
The gutters...


Nov. 20 2016
The roofing and siding!


Nov. 21 2016
The HVAC install starts


Nov. 26 2016
Busy with contractors!


Nov. 27 2016
Getting closer...Roof is done!

Nov. 29 2016
The door is in and primed

Dec. 5 2016
Testing the new roof


Dec. 12 2016
Look like Alberta!

Dec. 19 2016
The insulation work starts....




Dec. 21 2016
The insulation work cont....






Dec. 29 2016
Sitting in front of the fire.

Dec. 30 2016
Foam on the Joists

Jan. 5 2017
Drywall arrives

Jan 7 2017
The drywall begins!







Jan 16 2017


Jan 20 2017


Jan 24 2017


Jan 30 2017

"HEAT"



Jan 26 2017

1st Tower base starts



Jan 30 2017
Concrete poured!


Base for pump house


Jan 30 2017


Feb 1 2017



The heat pump now working


The pump house.



Feb 3 2017
Testing insulation


Feb 6 2017
View from the kitchen window.


Feb 17 2017
Kitchen is coming right along


Feb 20 2017
The first watter storage tank


Working on the lines too


First tank is in...