August 23, 2009
Ike Recovery #16 - Walls
Last Tuesday the majority of the wall panels arrived, and by now most of the first floor has been erected. Photos show it best:
The dining room view
The western view
The crew installing a panel
The northern side
Interior walls
Finally - The pier Re-decked. I know, it's not a wall, but it's progress.
August 06, 2009
Ike Recovery #14 - A setback
The Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) that were to make up the walls of the new house were due to be delivered on Tuesday. The driver brough them from Kerrville, about 5 hours away and spilled the load at 9th St and 517, less than a mile away from the site.
The general contractor was not pleased. The subcontractor's foreman was not pleased. The Manufacturer's rep on site was not pleased. I was not pleased. The only consolation is that it will not cost us anything to replace the panels. It will be a hit of no less than a week to replace the panels, even though the factory was going to put it on top priority.
The spill site:
This should be a picture of the contractors unloading the panels. As it is It's a picutre of of them loading the panels after inspeciting tham and deciding the send the entire lot back.
So. Not a very good week. Hopefully they will rebuild the panels quickly and we will be building next Tuesday.
August 01, 2009
Ike Recovery #13 - Stairs
This is the platform for the back stairs.
This is the front platform that will hold the A/C units and the backup power generator. The front stairs come off it, too.
An upper view of the forward platform.
The front view of the stair landings. ASteps are temporary untl finishing work is done.
