| Good Deal Beauty |
| The HOMESTEAD |
| AUGUST 2011 |
| Copyright Good Deal Street, LLC. All rights reserved 2011 |
| Aug 1-2 stacking begins & discussing with Dale Newland, our builder... |
| Aug 3rd, 3 layers stacked ! |
| Aug 4th, Layers 4 & 5 stacked, plus Rich has sanded & stained~ fabulous work! |
| Aug 5, Rich doing the staining, we are up to row 7 now ( out of 13). Rich shows off his "butterscotch puddding mix" (borite Stain) |
| Aug 6, Now 8 rows up ! |
| Aug 8, Putting up rows 9-10 |
| Standing in my future kitchen |
| My secret garden |
| Aug 9, rows 11 & 12 up, with inside views ~sanded & stained up to row 8 ! |
| Aug 10th, Rainy Day, ( perfect for installing Garage doors!) |
| Aug 11, Row 13 is up! trusses ready ! Dale & Chris + Rich have done a tremendous job! |
| Aug 12, Trusses BEGIN to be installed, 4 workers + crane = expensive day ! |
| Aug 13, checking out Rich's work ! |
| Aug 17 Work resumes after major Rain delay: trusses finalized & OSB roofing started |
| Aug 18 Ice & water Shield + Felt on 1 Side |
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| Aug 22 We picked up tiles, insulation, toilets, loo stuff, mold guard, wood stove, etc from Lowes |
| Aug 22 Roofing Ice & Water shield done on front side of roof |
| Aug 23 Rich framed, built & stained a fabulous ManCave door ( 4' wide) |
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| Aug 24: Rich stained the M-C door + started on the tyvec-like material |
| Aug 25, Metal Roof delivery day, & Rich started working on porch & deck posts |
| Showing off the Roof! |
| Aug 27 getting ready 2 sand ! PRE-Irene |
| Showing off Man cave door ! |
| Wood Stove +Tub /shower unit » |
| Aug 31, Appraisor visit |
| Sept 1: Rich built scaffold to work on gable end |
| Sept 2-3 : OSB up & 4 , then 6 rows done, hard work for 1 ! |
| Sep3-Sanding away "tongue " around sills ( before & after) |
| Sep 4 Rich installing Patio Door, off dining room |
| Sep 3-4 Dining room sliding doors + bedroom Windows & Kitchen all installed |
| ( Required flat surface BEFORE installing windows ) |
| Sept 6, Rich worked on stairs & moved dirt to fill holes near edge of foundation !( ext. stairs are temporary) |
| Sept 7~Yet ANOTHER rainy day...Rich worked mostly from the interior.Got our loo window in! |
| Sept 8- Rich got special roof ladder built & put up eave edge trim, as well as inspected roof for Irene & Lee damage |
| Sept 9- Guest bedroom window + roof work~ Rich applied fresh tar paper, also started on metal roof ( eave edge)and applied tar in the staple & or nail holes |
| Sep 10 Pantry door installed & roof is progressing thanks to Rich's hard work ! |
| Sept 12 we picked up more loot at Home Depot & Lowes': Tiles, kitchen Cabinets, ciment boards,fencing, etc |
| Sep 11 Before & after I sanded this wall |
| Sept 11 , 2nd panel goes up ( after tarring & felt paper) |
| Sept 13, 3rd panel is up |
| Sept 14 Panels 5 + 6 are up. Rich had much to tar. before applying metal....loads of holes in the ice & water shield |
| Sep 15 Rainy day work: Rich did stairs + window |
| Sept 16th: I helped with the stairs & Rich got panel #7 up |
| Sept 17- Rich hoist 9th & 10 panels up+ front door is in ! |
| Sept 18 Office/deck door is in & up to Panel 14 |
| Sep 19~ Close-up Main front door & Panel 18 up! |
| Sept 21 We have hired Justin Newland to help us complete the building. Roof panel # 21 is now up! |
| Sept 20-Kathy Devereaux of the North Country Credit Union, who has been helping us, has come through & we are most grateful! |
| The middle Living room window is in...Master Bath Tub is now in master Bathroom & Justin Newland poses ! |
| Sept 22, Den ( Cat room) & Office windows both up, on this ( yet again ) rainy day ! |
| Sept 23 Roof side 1 all done & LR windows all in ! Great job by Rich ! |
| Sept 24 Framing begun & Rich up on roof blocking more holes |
| Sep 26 I applied Minwax varnish while Rich caulked & started building scaffold for roof |
| Sep 27 Rich continues on scaffold,while Justin does framing |
| Brent is BACK! yay! |
| Sep 28, they worked on evening the floors & setting up the scaffold 2x4's |
| Sep 29, rainy day work inside, Framed 1 office wall & 1 main loo wall + Ciment board down in Laundry room ( Justin poses for camera)! |
| Oct 1-4 Harris Plumbing are back to install radiant tubing in basement for our main floor heat , framing progressing, with Justin & Rich( who's been concentrating on ciment board installation). Exterior front scaffold is up & ready for a dry day ( we will get one someday) ! and Brent brought in the skid-steerer. |
| These are pix I took from Mile 153 & beyond ( windmills) on I-91 , as well as mile 144.2 of Peak rd, plus some fall scenes, incl. our entrance drive and St. Johnsbury Estabrook Inn & small parc opposite |
| Oct 5~ a SUNNY DAY, at last ! Justin is working on gable end while Rich fixes garage door & documents septic tank meticulous work. |
| Oct 5 Brent is working on our septic tank ! |
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| Oct 8- Drainpipe in for septic & Brent works on leach field |