Rock conclusion

So this is the conclusion on the chapter of rock on the house. It has seemed to last forever and it has. Taking this long was not planed but with cold weather, and it getting dark at 5 it was hard to get a lot done. So it is up and the grout is in and it feels so nice to be done with it.

Doors

This week we had Doors put in. The first one that went in was our garage door and no we didn't have to install it. Second set was all our outside doors. I didn't help with this but it is hard to do it seems. A funny thing about our group and doors is that several of us all choose the same style of door, we must have similar taste.
The weather has been rough so we haven't been working out side as much these last two weeks. We did get a lot of the house prepared for installation and dry wall though. I have been working on a lot of backing which is putting pieces of wood on top of walls in between rafters so that when the dry wall is put in they have something to nail to, or a back support (backing). I didn't take any pictures because I think it is boring and it is hard to tell that anything has been done. Also we finally have our furnace installed. They were suppose to put it in weeks ago but got to it this Friday. We won't have it turned on just yet but as soon as the electrical and plumbing are done it can be turned on, heat inside on cold days, it will be so nice.

Ready for Rock

The last couple of weeks since the roofs have been finished it was time to move on to put on the rock fronts on the houses. When I refer to the rock it is a man made thin concrete that looks like real rock. It doesn't hold anything up like rock use to but it looks really nice and it is easier to work with than real rock and it gives a lot of choices. It takes a lot of prep work before a single rock is placed up. I was a slacker with pictures so I only have a picture of the scratch coating after it was all done. Last Saturday we got all of the houses scratch coated and started to put the rock up. It was been difficult and they learning carve steep, but now we have done it for about a week it is getting easier. The weather has also been prefect and I wish we could have about two more weeks of the warm weather.

We have also had some issues getting our rock. The company we were ordering from had a website to look at rock samples. We found a color they had on a house but it wasn't listed any other place. We ordered it and then when it didn't show up, the company said they didn't know what picture we were talking about and had changed it on their website. It was a little bit fishy and weird so we had to choose something different. We now have the second order but I was a little worried about it for the last two week. Our house is one of the easier houses so it is not the priority to get done right away so waiting was not a problem.

Other things that have happened on the house is the rest of our cement was put into place. That includes, back porch, side porch out of garage, front porch, driveway and then on a second day the sidewalk to the front porch and the approach to the drive way.

I just had to put our name in the cement. I put 2008 Little if you were wondering.

BabySitting

Part of Building our house for me is babysitting. Not only do I babysit half the time but Maleah also has to have a babysitter. This has not been an easy thing for me to do. I love to watch kids but it can be very challenging at times too. Every other day I watch two little girls age 7 and 3 and of coarse Maleah. Then on the other days their mom watches Maleah. On the days that are good weather we go to a park and play. It takes up a lot of time and they have fun. This week was Halloween and there is a Pumpkin walk in North Logan, and that is what we did for fun. There are displays of craved pumpkins and painted pumpkins. It is fun and elaborate what people come up with. At the very end they have cute cut outs that they kids put their faces in. Here are the two girls that I watch. Maleah hated it and I couldn't get a picture worth posting.

Shingles

The house is completely shingled. Thanks to Jermey and Kelly that come tons of extra hours this week because we would still be working on Saturday on it without them. They got so much done that on Thursday I only could help put the ridge cap on top because that was the only thing left to put on. Everyone worked so hard and it a relief to have it done before it gets any colder.

Windows

On Tuesday we got to put our windows in our house. It is a fun step closer and not as hard as I thought it would be. For us it is not been hard because the window opening have framed in correctly. Because I want to I want to put up the steps in brief detail.

Step1: Make sure the window and the opening are the right size. Also check the opening to make sure it is cut out completely.

Step 2: Is is chalk around the opening to help seal the window when it is in. Joe tried on the second window and it was all over the place so I fired him from doing an other window and was promoted to screwing in around the window which is step 4.

Step 3: Put put the window in place, as seen below as Joe and I lift up and put it in.

Step 4: is making sure the window is in sqaurely and screw it in, and that is it.

Simple enough even though you can really mess it up.

We are really happy to have our windows in our house. It is another step closer don't you think.

Leaky Roof

Last Saturday, our big working day, was completely horrible with RAIN all day. We did how ever get to work inside houses all day. It was nice to have roofs done and get the inside ready for electrical and plumbing on other houses. Our house got the sheeting on the roof and I can tell you at that point it was a very leaky roof. It was sad to have to get a few things covered because it was so hard to avoid the rain coming through the roof. Good to say though that it will be soon be covered with shingles. Also the few roofs that we do have shingled we know so far are not leaking, so good job to us. The following pictures were not taken on Saturday, but Monday which was a good day working.