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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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1/25/2026: “Banner Built” to “Raising Banners”
Hi all! We are rebranding! Ok, not really, but funny story… Some of you may not know that Karianne posts these newsletters and pictures onto a blog. We had the domain ‘Bannerbuilt” but then out of the blue a couple… Continue reading
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1/4/2026: The Best Way to Spend a Holiday Break
Hey everyone! I had some time off work from Dec-24 through Jan-2. With that time off I decided to take care of a pain point Karianne has had since October. Backstory: Right after our land sold I was tempted to… Continue reading
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#42 – 11/19/2023 – Got Mud?
Well hello! I hope everyone is ready for the holiday season! I can’t believe it is that time of year already. Things have been extremely busy at the Banner home. I am still working as much overtime as possible… and then still have… Continue reading
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#41 – 9/20/2023 Septic Continued…
Hey all! I did make it to the land the last two Saturdays and made some progress on the septic system (work kicked in OT so my play time is a pretty limited). Here are some pictures and a couple of… Continue reading
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#10 – Weekly Update
Happy Memorial Day! I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. I am very grateful for all those that have come before us and served our country to give Karianne and I the opportunity to be crazy and try to do this project! Summary:… Continue reading
