Hello, dear readers! We owe you an apology for the delay in updating you on our home renovation journey. It’s been a whirlwind of activities and transformations since the beginning of November, and we’re excited to share the progress with you. One of the major accomplishments during this period was the installation of a falseContinue reading “Nearing the Finish Line, But Still Lots to Do.”
Category Archives: Planning
The Start of The Second Floor
We’ve started on the second floor, putting in the LVLs and TJIs. You may remember from the plans that the second floor goes the entire length of the house at the back (by the front door), but is open to below at the front (lakeside) with bedrooms on either side. Since my last blog post,Continue reading “The Start of The Second Floor”
Forming Footings
This week we got the footings for the foundation formed and discovered that we had to say goodbye to another tree. With the hole dug for the foundation it became obvious that the large cedar tree in the yard would be in the way of our deck (not to mention our view of the lake)Continue reading “Forming Footings”
A Hole Lot of Trouble
We dug up the rest of the hole we need to do the foundation and got a couple of surprises. We had dug down to bedrock under the original east side of the house and we thought we had a large enough space to conclude that the bedrock was about there for the entire footprintContinue reading “A Hole Lot of Trouble”
The Plan (Revised… Again)
So we went through a few plans when we were planning on keeping the shell of the house intact, then we discovered all the issues and decided to tear down the house. Since we decided to build a new house from scratch, this is the third plan. This is the one getting submitted to theContinue reading “The Plan (Revised… Again)”
The Hole Truth
This week we dug a hole. Well, actually, it’s closer to a trench than a hole. I’m not sure how many of you remember the last time we had to dig some trenches, but we did it when we first moved in to move the water line as well as to bring power to theContinue reading “The Hole Truth”
We’re Back, and Moving Out of the House!
Spring is here, finally, after an April where it kept snowing when it wasn’t raining. May has brought warmer, dryer weather (mostly) so we’re getting ready to get back into gear. The trailer I mentioned in a previous post was delivered and set up, and we’ve been working on moving in. We’re going to tryContinue reading “We’re Back, and Moving Out of the House!”
Project on Hold
Since there isn’t much we can do over the winter the project is basically on hold until spring. There are a few things we will be doing, such as completing the drawings and getting the appropriate permits, but not enough to support a weekly blog for the next several months. If there is an updateContinue reading “Project on Hold”
The Landscaping Plan
As we prepare the site for foundation as soon as spring is back we are attempting to plan so we don’t move the same dirt and rock a thousand times. I’ve mentioned in a previous blog our plan to put lights out on either side of the end of our driveway, so some of theContinue reading “The Landscaping Plan”
Creating a Dirt Sifter
We’ve built a few things out of necessity since starting this project. One of the most used is our dirt sifter. We’ve gone through a few versions trying to seperate all the rock from the dirt, but so far this seems to be the best one, especially since we can use the tractor to putContinue reading “Creating a Dirt Sifter”
Huron The Lake 