4/19/2026: 2nd Wall Pour and Let the Trusses Begin!
Summary: Monday-Tuesday –> Utah ICF John came back Installed bracing and scaffold 6″ of morning snow! 4th and final Pour and Pump Truck Truss arrival Truss Sorting Truss installation done by Team Family Truss Recap Hey All! It was a crazy week! I can’t believe how much progress we made. It’s fun to see just…
4/13/2026: 2nd Level ICF Stacking Complete
Summary: Greenhouse burmon hanger installation First rebar header/lintel built Finished stacking top course of ICF blocks Built out all rebar headers/lintels Ran all vertical rebar Bathroom Demo! ICF’s Stacked Lintel built Bathroom still functional 🙂 All opening bucks cut and installed and braced! Rain! And no work done. Took a rare break from the house project…
4/5/2026: First Recordable Injury.. Doh! Rain, & ICF Round 2
Summary: Almost finished subfloor First recordable injury.. NOOOO!!! (Viewer Discretion on Some Pics) Tarps snow and rain Little to no progress 😦 Stair stringer construction Steel hole drilling Miracle neighbor randomly stops to help mount stair stringer assembly Clean up ice, snow, and water Things dry out Stairs complete!! WOOHOO Floor framing for washer and…
3/29/2026: Garage Floor, 2nd Story Subfloor & Saturday’s Defeat…
SUMMARY: Garage Floor Prep Few second story joists placed Dining Room/Pantry Wall Framing Demo Garage Floor gets poured! MudRoom/Pantry Garage Door wall framed Ran floor joists above dining/pantry/mud Started second floor subfloor! More Second floor subfloor Double LVL beam installation Angle hanger installation Joists installed in angled portion of garage Placed LVL ledger in far…
3/22/2026: Summer Arrives Early?! – Solid Week!
Summary Lots of progress Subfloor is installed on first floor First wall framed Garage steel beams both adjusted to level out the floor Gravel delivered, installed in garage floor and compacted Lots of demo work to install the last steel beam Steel beam prepped and installed Bathroom modified to “open air” feeling 🙂 Kept bathroom…
3/15/2026: Backfill…… Complete!!
Summary: Went to Utah Sun-Wed so short week Couldn’t place because glue was delayed 😦 BACKFILL DONE! Finished installing hangers in steel beam Hi all! We went to Utah for the first half of the week so we definitely had less time to work on the project. It was a decent time to be…
3/9/2026: Floor Joists and MUD GALORE
SUMMARY: 1st Garage beam install Predrilled holes don’t work.. Doh! 2nd Garage beam install – Much smoother Chicken coop conduit run First Ledger Board Install Hangers installed on ledger board Floor joists started Finished floor joists Steel beam hanger installation started Hi All! We had another very busy but productive week but the weather did not…
3/1/2026: Hole Patch, Mud Galore & Water Triumph! Also a Backfill Showdown
SUMMARY: Monday – Bracing Removal and Void Patching One more epic fail 😦 Final fix – fingers crossed Flooring wood package arrives! Friday-Saturday – Never ending backfill Hey all!I can’t believe another week has come and gone. And it’s not February anymore! Time is flying! But we have made a lot of progress. It is…
2/22/2026: The Storm, Concrete, and Water Woes! (With my Epic Fail)
SUMMARY: Got most everything finished monday night for pour day. Crazy scrambling by Karianne and I to increase bracing Very little sleep Monday to Tuesday Last minute scrambling the morning of Prayers are answered, its a perfect weather day Anticlimactic – no visible change Wavy walls and lots of extra bracing Wednesday through Friday – Recovery…
2/16/2026: First Round of ICFs
Summary with Video Links: Some back filling done for the footers Block arrival unloading, and staging day Trailer can’t make it down the driveway ICF Process begins! Little rainy, LOTS of mud, first 3 rows stacked a laid out Scaffold/Brace installation –> it is a lot of work! Don, Alyssa, & Greg all come to…
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