Eagle Doors

The doors started going in this morning. The windows and doors were all made by Eagle. The sliding doors glide so easily, no effort at all. The front and back doors are french doors. They have a nice solid sound when they close, it reminds me of a new car door.

Framing and Plumbing

The framers were busy yesterday working on the screened in porch. They put up the redwood posts and filled in the space between them. It is shaping up out there.

The fireplace base was also added today. Elizabeth enjoyed the base as a chair while working on her website. This fireplace is in the living room is an Inglenook wood burning stove. This stove will keep us toasty next winter.

The plumbers brought in the gas line to the upstairs utility room this afternoon. Yesterday they completed insulating all the hot water lines.

Steve brought all the outside doors to the house from storage this morning. They are all ready to go in when the framers can get to them.

Flags are Flying

Flags were flying high at the McWhorter house Sunday. Marcus Herrera and our builder Steve Gaines set up the poles on Saturday afternoon while we were out of town. They battled the elements of lightning and rain to get the poles up safely. An hour later the rain came through and left three inches in Christoval.

The poles are 50 feet tall and placed in the center of the circle drive. I can see them from the highway before our turnoff. They are really something to see. Just perfect.

Thank you to Mr. Sam Caldwell for making the poles and to Rita for painting them so perfectly.

Dormers Done

The rock-men stuccoed the dormers over the house and garage today. The rock-men were a singing crew, no radio just their voices. They were pretty good!

Next we have to pick a paint color for the stucco. We will match the stucco paint to the color of the rock. The rock-man will bring up some of our rocks next which will help us choose a paint color.

The framing crew completed the ceilings on both the balcony and the front porch today.

Rock Men

The rock men were at the house this morning preparing to apply the stucco on all the dormers. For safety reasons they need to complete this small job before the metal roof is installed. The metal roof will be ready in the next couple of weeks.

The rock for the outside of the house should be delivered in a couple of weeks also. Due to the recent rains they are behind in their deliveries.

The framers continue to install the ceilings on the porches. They have the support beams up now on the balcony porch and waiting for the metal supports.

I found our resident landscaper (Rita) on the job again today pruning another oak grove. We appreciate all her talented trim work, she does a super job.

Plumbers

The topic for yesterday and today is plumbing. Lots of plumbing going on this week. Those plumbers can sure make a mess, wood shavings are everywhere.

Our hot water system is a continuous system which requires a lot of tubing. This means when I turn on a hot water faucet anywhere in the house I will instantly have hot water. Great feature.

Busy Men

A little of everything is going on at the house today. The rock-men started attaching metal strips on the outside of the house. When mortar is applied these strips are pulled down into place to support the weight of the rock and keep the rock from falling off the house.

Frank and his men are building the chimney from the study today. The plumber is taking the plumbing pipe upstairs, he has completed the downstairs. I like all this busyness.