Thunderbuilt Residential Construction

New windows going in

Vinny and Jeremy putting up sheathing

Here's Jeremy framing up for new double hung windows

Framed up one wall of former sun porch and removed 1 slider and two fixed windows and replaced them with four double hung windows

Guys framing up what once was a sun room to make it into the dining room

New window going in!

Old bay window being removed by Mike and Jeremy

New beam in and temp supports out

The guys positioning the beams

First of three LVL beams going in

First of three LVL beams going in

Jeremy framing up new wall

Craig taking out old wiring

Jeremy cutting into former laundry center to make more room for coffee bar

Temp support walls in place so we can reframe the wall separating the kitchen and former bedroom.  This wall will house a coffee/ wet bar, linen closet and a door way to the new home office.

Started back at this home to totally make over the kitchen

Here's Vinny, finishing the demo

Started back at this home to totally make over the kitchen

Here's Mike laying out the wall that will house the linen closet, entrance to home office, & coffee/wet bar area

Started back at this home to totally make over the kitchen

Here, the Dining room wall has been removed to make way for a huge kitchen with a fabulous island, coffee/wet bar and new dining area.

Lots of stuff happening as we begin to close this project out.

Doors and trim getting stained and polyed

Mike cutting siding

Vinny cutting LP window trim

Jeremy trimming out rear windows

Completing siding

Laundry room cabinets

Dan cutting cabinet filler strips

Vinny and Jeremy tweaking doors

This a funny Meme of Bill fighting a 100 foot compressor hose

Mike nailing up the first sheet on the rear

Beautiful day for siding.  Closing in on the rear of the addition

Nice hot asphalt on a chilly fall morning

Paved walkway on side of garage

Nice hot asphalt on a chilly fall morning

Driveway got the base coat of asphalt today.

rip rap retaining slope

rip rap retaining slope

rip rap retaining slope

Land scape fabric going down before the rip rap retaining slope

Hydro-seeding the back yard.

Land scape fabric going down before the rip rap retaining slope

On the left, the guys are installing soffit and fascia.

Guys doing soffits and fascia

Landscape fabric and drain piping in place, rip rap goes down tomorrow

Retaining slope all graded off

All sheet rock is up and 80 percent taped off

Cutting in for retaining wall

Mike up there doing soffits

Site work crew showing up to cut in retaining wall

Mike, installing the half-moon window 

Mike using template for half moon window

Guys installing last 3 windows

Guys installing last 3 windows

Site work crew showing up to cut in retaining wall

Super busy at KD1100!  Plumbers, electricians, tapers, HVAC guys, garage door installers, and site work crew all at once, all working around each other, all going very smooth.

Garage door guys, electrician, taper and our guys all in this shot  

Baker Garage Doors installing doors

Baker Garage Doors installing doors

Jeremy and Andrew cutting rock for garage

Insulated the ceiling of the garage and sheet rocked it so the overhead doors can go in on Monday

Insulated the ceiling of the garage and sheet rocked it so the overhead doors can go in on Monday

Insulated the ceiling of the garage and sheet rocked it so the overhead doors can go in on Monday

Insulated the ceiling of the garage and sheet rocked it so the overhead doors can go in on Monday

Insulated the ceiling of the garage and sheet rocked it so the overhead doors can go in on Monday

The Big Guy

Bill, putting up corner bead

Mike, screwing off sheets

The Big Guy

Boys are at it, sheet rocking like crazy!

Vinny, Jeremy and Mike sheet rocking the interior of the separation wall so the foam insulation can be sprayed in tomorrow

Stairs in now framing up the separation wall

Vinny and Jeremy framing up the mud room entryway

Mike

Stringers going in

Jeremy and Vinny framing up the ceiling in the mud room and laundry area

Had to hustle today.  Had to frame out the entryway from garage to the mud room and stairs leading to the attic.

Here's Mike cutting stair stringers.

Mud room and stair case platform all spray foamed

Scott running wires in garage

Progress is great on this project.  Plumbing and electrical is all roughed in.  Addition is 80% spray foamed, should be done tomorrow.

Mike and Vinny building  last wall and stairway platform for mud room and stairs to attic.

Progress is great on this project.  Plumbing and electrical is all roughed in.  Addition is 80% spray foamed, should be done tomorrow.

Thunderbuilt has a variety of tasks going on today.  Here's Vinny installing a bathroom window.

Had a great day framed out entire basement in preparation of wiring, plumbing and spray foam insulation.

Thunderbuilt has a variety of tasks going on today. 

Here's Scott wiring the garage.

Mike framing up a knee wall

Vinny on the saw

Mike and Andrew framing up utility room.

All framed up

Scott our electrician running wire and boxes

Andrew framing bath partitions

The “Kid” routing out openings

First window going in

Guys running house wrap

What happened to the carpenters that drank old, cold black coffee?

Window openings framed in the gable end of bonus room

Huge extra space in this set of trusses

Mike and Jeremy pulling sheets of sun flooring into the bonus room trusses

Mike and Jeremy pulling sheets of sun flooring into the bonus room trusses

Peranich & Shelp Construction, Inc. are our roofing sub contractor partners.  They are with out a doubt the best roofing contractor bar none.  Arrived on site after noon today as they had to finish a job they started on Saturday.  This is a large roof with two valleys and lots of end wall flashing.  They will be done by 9:30 tomorrow and the work is perfect!

Peranich & Shelp Construction, Inc. are our roofing sub contractor partners.  They are with out a doubt the best roofing contractor bar none.  Arrived on site after noon today as they had to finish a job they started on Saturday.  This is a large roof with two valleys and lots of end wall flashing.  They will be done by 9:30 tomorrow and the work is perfect!

Peranich & Shelp Construction, Inc. are our roofing sub contractor partners.  They are with out a doubt the best roofing contractor bar none.  Arrived on site after noon today as they had to finish a job they started on Saturday.  This is a large roof with two valleys and lots of end wall flashing.  They will be done by 9:30 tomorrow and the work is perfect!

Peranich & Shelp Construction, Inc. are our roofing sub contractor partners.  They are with out a doubt the best roofing contractor bar none.  Arrived on site after noon today as they had to finish a job they started on Saturday.  This is a large roof with two valleys and lots of end wall flashing.  They will be done by 9:30 tomorrow and the work is perfect!

Peranich & Shelp Construction, Inc. are our roofing sub contractor partners.  They are with out a doubt the best roofing contractor bar none.  Arrived on site after noon today as they had to finish a job they started on Saturday.  This is a large roof with two valleys and lots of end wall flashing.  They will be done by 9:30 tomorrow and the work is perfect!

Mike trimming truss bracing

Jeremy and Vinny building over-builds

Vinny on the cut table

Andrew passing sheathing up to Mike

Last of the trusses up.  Guys building over builds, sheathing walls and cutting in the dormer rafters.  Going great!!

Last of the trusses up.  Guys building over builds, sheathing walls and cutting in the dormer rafters. 

Going great!!

Guys finished framing the garage and are working their way out the door with the trusses.

Mike in the lift today and Vinny and Jerm on the walls.  Andrew working the ground.

Guys finished framing the garage and are working their way out the door with the trusses.

Mike in the lift today and Vinny and Jerm on the walls.  Andrew working the ground.

Guys finished framing the garage and are working their way out the door with the trusses.

Mike in the lift today and Vinny and Jerm on the walls.  Andrew working the ground.

Guys finished framing the garage and are working their way out the door with the trusses.

Mike in the lift today and Vinny and Jerm on the walls.  Andrew working the ground.

Guys finished framing the garage and are working their way out the door with the trusses.

Mike in the lift today and Vinny and Jerm on the walls.  Andrew working the ground.

Can you see it now?

Headers for garage doors being built and installed

We had a curious visitor today;

Mike attaching ridge beam on his end

Rafter going in

Mike plotting the addition attachment point.  This portion will be hand cut rafters tied into the engineered trusses

UP she goes!

The guys framing up one of the garage walls

Jeremy swinging in the 18’ LVL that will serve as our ridge beam

Swung more trusses, framed some walls, put up wall sheathing- lots of action today

Here's Mike and Andrew guiding a walk through truss so the big guy can swing it into position

As far as we can go till we frame up garage walls.  Concrete was poured Friday so we frame tomorrow

Slab from above

Andrew

Mr Freight Train Lane stopped by today to eat some up side down pizza

Brothers Danny and Dusty running dual power trowels

Dusty Collins on the whirly bird

Vaulted ceiling in master BR

Mike and Andrew hauling a scissor truss into place

The Big Guy, waiting for another truss.

Andrew, the newest member of the team was on the saw table all week did a good job!!

Great day! great week!

Swung a bunch of trusses, Tri-State got the garage slab poured.

All good!!

Why? Why? WHY?

The view from above

The view from above

Framing progress

Framing going great! A bit ahead of where I thought we would be.  Garage slab didn’t get poured today as it got pushed off till Friday

Wonderful view!

The Big Guy

Running between rain drops.  Manage to get 3/4 of the day in before it was a rain out.  Good progress.  Should be setting trusses early next week!!

Guys layout back wall

Going up!

Jerm on the level & Vinny ready with the turnbuckle

Back Wall is UP!

Oh to be young again.  Andrew carting a sheet of 3/4 Advantek over head

Misty morning

Guys backfilling so we can pour garage slab

Addition deck walls on Monday

Productive week

For Dave Vroman

Mike prepping existing house to accept addition floor system

Jeremy attaching one of dozens of joist hangers

The boys taking a coffee break

Our newest Andrew has been on the saw table all week and doing well!!

Mike and Nate discussing how to reroute existing hvac vents and sensors

Vinny applying sub floor adhesive.  Most arm pits get lots of it on them!!

Sub floor was going well till the rains.  Get it done tomorrow as we are setting walls on Monday

Sub floor was going well till the rains.  Get it done tomorrow as we are setting walls on Monday

More joist hangers

More joist hangers

Perfect!

French door and two double hung window openings framed in for a walk out basement

Layering of the main beam

Triple LVL beam in place

Vinny and Jeremy installing floor joists with our newest guy Andrew on the saw table

Boys had a great day of framing. This baby will be in the air in no time!

First layer of a 3 layer 30 foot main beam is in.

Basement concrete floor poured today. 

Tomorrow we frame the addition deck.  This is going to go fast!

Basement concrete floor poured today.

Tomorrow we frame the addition deck.  This is going to go fast!

Started framing walls today!! 

Very toasty and humid but it’s not snowing.

Our main man Ricky drops first of many loads of framing lumber

Vinny and our newest employee Andrew frame step walls

Andrew is a recent graduate from SV.  He completed the BOCES Carpentry program and we welcome him aboard!!

First step wall going in

First step wall going in

First step wall going in

Mike and Jeremy layout anchor bolt pattern so the bottom plate can be drilled to receive the wall

Mike and Jeremy layout anchor bolt pattern so the bottom plate can be drilled to receive the wall

First step wall going in

This is what I get when I tell the guys

"Send me pics."

This is what I get when I tell the guys

"Send me pics."

We cut the existing basement foundation wall to create a passage from new basement to the existing basement.  Horrible messy job.  Saw weighs a ton and is hard to control.  Guys did a great job!!

Here's the big guy, Jeremy, on the saw

We cut the existing basement foundation wall to create a passage from new basement to the existing basement.  Horrible messy job.  Saw weighs a ton and is hard to control.  Guys did a great job!!

Here's Mike on the cut and snap saw

We cut the existing basement foundation wall to create a passage from new basement to the existing basement.  Horrible messy job.  Saw weighs a ton and is hard to control.  Guys did a great job!!

Mike finishing up the cut

These guys make it look so easy!!

These guys make it look so easy!!

Pumper in place waiting for the concrete truck to feed it 

Pumper in place waiting for the concrete truck to feed it 

Our boys from Tri-State Concrete poured the walls today.  Sunshine and blue skies!!

Pretty complex footer system.  All poured awaiting wall forms and rebar

Pretty complex footer system.  All poured awaiting wall forms and rebar

Wall forms going in

Wall forms almost all in

Wall forms almost all in

Forms in all braced and straight.  Concrete pumper set for 7:30 am

LP Smart side is a beautiful product

LP Smart side is a beautiful product

Garage done- all sides.  Battens on- just waiting on 5 pieces of fascia.  They arrive tomorrow.

View of the back of the home where the blue stone patio will go

Vinny and Jeremy running fascia on garage

That’s a beautiful plumbing / Geo therm job!!

Mike caulking soffits

Mike caulking above raised seam roof on entryway

Great day today.  Pleasant weather lots of progress

Mike and Vinny framing up stairs outside the two-10 foot glass doors.  A blue stone patio will be installed in that location.

22 foot stair run!

22 foot stair run!

Mike and Vinny installing the porch ceiling

Mike and Vinny installing the porch ceiling

Jeremy and Vinny trimming out back doors

Siding the house, prepping the site for patio, installing soffits on garage.

The back of the home is sided and site prepped for a bluestone patio.

We had a visit from Bear, the big black dog, today.

Meanwhile back at project MG30, the granite kitchen counters have been installed and the master bath tile work has begun

Meanwhile back at project MG30, the granite kitchen counters have been installed and the master bath tile work has begun

Meanwhile back at project MG30, the granite kitchen counters have been installed and the master bath tile work has begun.

Here's the shower prep

Garage roof system all ready for sheathing

Sheathing going up

Sheathing going up

Geo Therm system 100%

Geo Therm system 100%

Garage Going UP!

Here's Vinny putting up all the sheathing.

Mike on the saw table

View from above

Jerm swinging trusses in

Jerm swinging trusses in

This is nice!

A bit of color for the second floor

Deb going over cabinet layout with Dan

Cody finishing up the hardwood floors

Mr Lane visited the job today

Deb going over cabinet layout with Dan

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Stairs are in and oak hardwood floors going down.  Kitchen cabinets get installed next week

Nate installing piping and duct work in basement

Both fresh water and Geo Thermal water lines have been run into the house

All the walls are primed and ceilings getting painted

Bill sanding spackle before the painting starts

Fascias all installed and they really look nice

Fascias all installed and they really look nice

Fascias all installed and they really look nice

Mike planking off stairs so the sheet rock can be put up

Second to the last piece of rock being set by Vinny and DJ

Lots of mud going up fast!

Mike discusses stair layout with Deb

View into master bath

Taping living room ceiling

House all sheet-rocked and taping has begun

Bill setting corner bead

Kitchen and living room

Windows all have sheet rock returns.  We put tear away against the windows so the edges are perfect and clean.

Kitchen and living room

First floor all sheet rocked and ready to be taped.

Here's Vinny screwing off sheets.  We insulated for sound between all bedroom walls.

Vinny holding sheet up while the guys go grab their coffees!!

The attack squad

The attack squad

The attack squad

DJ cutting board

Sheet rock getting hung!!

Mike fastening ceiling in living room.

Vinny screwing sheets off

First delivery of sheet rock arrived today- 11-24-21

Finished siding, humped the rock in and told the guys to take off.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! 

We all have a lot to be thankful for.

First delivery of sheet rock arrived today- 11-24-21

Finished siding, humped the rock in and told the guys to take off.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! 

We all have a lot to be thankful for

GeoThermal well and fresh water wells getting drilled today.

NYSEG completed their installation so we have power!!

Two three-panel glass door units went in today

Two three-panel glass door units went in today

Two three-panel glass door units went in today

What a spectacular setting for this beautiful home!

Siding almost completed

Siding almost completed

Siding almost completed

Siding almost completed

Vinny and DJ cutting battens

This is a beautiful siding application

This is a beautiful siding application

This is a beautiful siding application

Vinny on the cut table

LP Diamond Coat sheet goods going up.  We will install battens every 16 inches

Creative art in a temporary plastic window barrier

Nate Graham installing duct work

Vinny and Jeremy getting ready to host up a second floor window

Yes, that's a flat tire.

Jeremy booming up an upper window

Window Number One!

Anderson 450 series windows

Great week!  All spray foam insulation is in, windows arrived and have been installed and taped in, siding going up and duct work being installed inside the home.

Deb, checking out the foam job

Spraying the roof deck

Tough job hauling hoses up and down ladders with all that gear on

Neat and clean!  That’s why we love the Insulation Man

Roof all on

Roof is all on, posts are set for front entryway and we're ready to lay conduit. 

Posts set for front entryway

Craig, the electrician, installing conduits for fiber optics and electric

DJ putting on ZIP Tape on exterior sheathing

Garage slab site being prepped

Garage pad being prepared for Thursday morning concrete pour

Lane reviewing the prints

Lane reviewing the prints with Uncle Vinnie

Ms Emma and her Dad checking out the lift

The Boss and future Crew Leader Mr Lane on site

Perfect day today!

Here's the garage pad being prepared for a Thursday morning concrete pour.

Pretty good week in between rain drops

DJ framing up all the second floor inter walls

Half the roof is all sheathed

Mike and DJ framing walls

DJ framing up all the second floor inter walls

Vinny and Jeremy trimming truss tails

Mike, Jeremy and Vinny installing fascia

Mike, Jeremy and Vinny installing fascia

DJ and Vinny

Jeremy and Dj framing up master bath

Vinny on the saw

A little dumpster diving during lunch break

Rain and more rain but we still move MG30 forward at a good pace

There's Vinny and Jeremy installing fascia.

Perfect blue skies.

Trusses all set.  Great couple of days.  Fascia's next then roof sheathing.

This view always amazes me.

Mike's happy the trusses are up and braced.

Good day setting trusses

Mike securing truss blocking

DJ catching a truss

The guys securing a truss

Vinny worked the ground today attaching the top to each truss

Looks great!

Looks great!

Somewhere in that trench is Craig our electrician

Under grund electrical service- all trenches in today.  430 feet of conduit run and backfilled

Framing up the gable end wall below the truss

Going UP!

Routing out the windows for the gable end. 

Boys will be boys

Jeremy swinging the first truss into position

Jeremy swinging the first truss into position

Started setting trusses today.

These babies are tall!

Sun shine and blue skies all day.  Second knee wall installed.  

ZIP sheathing run and trusses delivered safe and sound.

Sheathing going up

Two piece trusses due to the height.  We will put them together on the ground and swing them in.

Sheathing going up. 

We're ready for trusses

Sheathing going up.

Ready for roof trusses.

Ready for roof trusses

Guys setting knee wall

Knee walls are up. Ready for trusses

The guys starting the second floor deck

The guys starting the second floor deck

The guys starting the second floor deck

Vinny applying adhesive to the second floor floor joists.

Bracing & plumbing up knee wall.  Vinny, DJ & Mike

Mike and Vinny nailing the knee wall studs to the plates

Mike and Vinny nailing the knee wall studs to the plates

Super day on the house site.  Second floor deck all on and one off he knee walls in and all plumbed up,

Mike and Jeremy reviewing plans

DJ and Max installing rim board

The Boss

Our Boy Ricky always on time and usually with donuts!  He’s the best!

Second floor framing

Another perfect day!

Here's the view out the two huge door openings.

Great day to be a builder.  Sun shine and blue skies and tons of productivity.  Guys are humping today!!

End wall will have two huge glass doors

Mike ripping plywood for headers

Jeremy on the saw cutting header material

Mike and Maxxy setting headers

Guys setting triple LVL header

Great day to be a builder.  Sun shine and blue skies and tons of productivity.  Guys are humping today!!

End wall will have two huge glass doors

Great day of production!  Got this foundation deck framing all in place.

Mike positioning support columns.

Jeremy and DJ constructing main beam which is a 5 layer 2x12

Jeremy and DJ constructing main beam which is a 5 layer 2x12

Lowering beam into place.  Our Belknap Rep, Shane on hand to help out.

Jeremy fastening rim board

Mike laying out

DJ humping floor joists

The Boss on site for a little QC over site

The Boss tightening down anchor bolts

Progress!

House basement slab is poured!!

Now we build

House basement slab is poured!!

Now we build

House basement slab is poured!!

Now we build

House basement slab is poured!!

Now we build

Great day!  Foundation all insulated and partially backfilled.

Will complete backfilling once deck is in place.

Great day!  Foundation all insulated and partially backfilled.

Will complete backfilling once deck is in place.

Great day!  Foundation all insulated and partially backfilled.

Will complete backfilling once deck is in place.

Precast BIlco stairs arrived and elders installed

Precast Bilco stairs arrived and elders installed

First time we had a burial vault on the job site!  Actually it was in the truck with the stairs, ha!

Precast Bilco stairs arrived and elders installed

Precast Bilco stairs arrived and elders installed

Precast Bilco stairs arrived and elders installed

Forms all stripped and foundation all damp proofed.  Insulation gets applied on Thursday and we start backfilling the the first floor decking.

Walls all poured.

Pump truck makes it a bit easier!!

Ready to pour!

Bilco door opening

Concrete forms and rebar being put in place.  Pouring walls in the morning!

Concrete forms and rebar being put in place.  Pouring walls in the morning!

Concrete forms and rebar being put in place.  Pouring walls in the morning!

Concrete forms and rebar being put in place.  Pouring walls in the morning!

Site crew cut in the drive and starting on foundation excavation

Yes it has been raining!!

Footer and gutter drains are in and backfilled. 

Spreading stone in basement in preparation of slab being poured.  Column footer boxes in place as well.

Concrete wall forms and rebar go in tomorrow and walls poured in a couple days.  Then we build this baby!

Yes it has been raining!!

Footer and gutter drains are in and backfilled. 

Spreading stone in basement in preparation of slab being poured.  Column footer boxes in place as well.

Concrete wall forms and rebar go in tomorrow. Walls poured in a couple days.  Then we build this baby!

Foundation footer is all formed up and was poured just before the rain hit

Foundation footer is all formed up and was poured just before the rain hit

Averdi container arrived.

The guys are digging the foundation.  Drive is drying out a bit.

House will set off the road about 400 yards

Craig and site crew plotting utility trenching route

They all start with MUD!

They all start with MUD!

Mike and Jeremy scoping site for materials lay down, place for the storage container and of course the Port A Potty!!

Pushing dirt

Drive entrance

View looking back from road

This is going to be Fun!

We received the certificate of occupancy today.  This job is done!!

Beautiful countertops and view!

Garage doors in and looking perfect

Window above counter all trimmed out and the Boss is painting

Beautiful!

Window above counter all trimmed out and the Boss is painting

Window above counter all trimmed out and the Boss is painting

Sean Foster installing solid surface back splash

Counter Tops all pre fab in shop and installed on site

Foster and Sons installing solid surface counter tops

Foster and Sons installing solid surface counter tops

Beautiful!

Dan installing cabinet hardware

DJ washing windows

Washer heads to it’s home

Stove heading into kitchen

The Great room

The Boss pulling tape

DJ -last coat in great room

Flooring looks great!

Mike installing flooring

Deb painting kitchen area

Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) flooring going down in great room

Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) flooring going down in great room

Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) flooring going down in great room

Last cedar gable truss installed which basically completes the exterior.  Interior work continues. Prepping for paint and flooring.

This is a beautiful home!

Last cedar gable truss installed which basically completes the exterior.  Interior work continues. Prepping for paint and flooring.

This is a beautiful home!

DJ installing fire door between garage and great room

Dan from Danwood Products Staircasing prepping to install kitchen cabinets.

Dan finishing up cabinets on wall

Dan finishing up cabinets on wall

Dan finishing up cabinets on wall

Dan finishing up cabinets on wall

Deb painting ceiling in garage

Deb painting ceiling in garage

Great room ceiling complete

Great Room Skylight all trimmed out

The BOSS finishing the last of the great room ceiling boards

Mike and Jeremy installing access stairs to attic above garage

Ceiling an hour from completion

Mike and Jeremy installing access stairs to attic above garage

Roof done and looks great!

Tongue & Groove ceiling going up in the great room

Tongue & Groove ceiling going up in the great room

Tongue & Groove ceiling going up in the great room

Sheetrock 95% complete.  Guys in there taping and spackling.

Tongue and groove ceiling in kitchen / great room next.

Sheetrock 95% complete.  Guys in there taping and spackling.

Tongue and groove ceiling in kitchen / great room next.

Sheetrock 95% complete.  Guys in there taping and spackling.

Tongue and groove ceiling in kitchen / great room next.

Crew started sheet rocking the garage

32 square feet at a time.  Guys doing great. Garage done!

Vinny and DJ slinging 5/8 fire-rated sheetrock.  Even the so called lite weight rock is horrible.

Vinny and DJ slinging 5/8 fire-rated sheetrock.  Even the so called lite weight rock is horrible!

Vinny and DJ slinging 5/8 fire-rated sheetrock.  Even the so called lite weight rock is horrible!

Vinny and DJ slinging 5/8 fire-rated sheetrock.  Even the so called lite weight rock is horrible!

Vinny and DJ slinging 5/8 fire-rated sheetrock.  Even the so called lite weight rock is horrible!

Alpine metal roofing finished the river side of the raised seam.

Roofing looks absolutely wonderful!

The Alpine team on the back side.

For your metal roof needs call Alpine roofing!

For your metal roof needs call Alpine roofing!

This machine makes the roof panels right on site

Roof coming along nicely, see skylights

Jeremy finishing up trim on porch beams

Alpine roofing installing standing seam metal roof panels

Alpine roofing installing standing seam metal roof panels

Cutting the slab in living room for additional floor outlets

Cutting the slab in living room for additional floor outlets

Mike and Jeremy installing rough cut trim on porch beams

Vinny and DJ finishing the porch decks!

Mike doing the last few cedar shakes

Mike and Allen from the Belknap Custom Saw Shop making up a template for the cedar trusses for the gable peaks

Vinny and DJ finishing up insulation

Vinny and DJ finishing up insulation

Mike installing the last piece of fascia

That's me, buttoning up the cedar shakes on the entry end. 

Great past few days.  It’s like summer.  Loving the great weather as we are knocking it out of the park on this project!

Matty Clark digs LP utility trench to the house

Twin Rivers Matty Clark and Morabito install underground LP take and run line into the house

Twin Rivers Matty Clark and Morabito install underground LP take and run line into the house

Twin Rivers Matty Clark and Morabito install underground LP take and run line into the house

Vinny and DJ notching a decking plank for installation

Vinny and DJ our decking team are making great progress on the porch decking

Vinny and DJ our decking team are making great progress on the porch decking

Shakes going up on front gable end

This is going to be a great porch floor

Mike installing rim boards of TREX decking.

Deb applying poly to great room ceiling boards

Deb applying poly to great room ceiling boards

Mike and Jeremy installing entry door

Vinny and DJ installing porch decking

Flag way up on Election Day.

Hope you all got to vote. 

Mike finishes the concrete pad for the AC condenser.  That’s the first bit of sun we have had in a few days.

Porch ceiling getting close here.

Vinny and DJ bring it home.

Vinny and DJ finishing the ceiling up in the vestibule roof.

Last two exterior doors arrived today.

Duane of Twin Rivers installing the last section of duct work.

Good week guys! Keep them coming.

Siding going up in a slight drizzle

Fall colors, nations colors, 65 degrees! Tons of progress. Life is good!

River side porch ceiling is complete.  Yes that’s blue sky in the background