More BRICK Work!

The first delivery is just about gone. The second has been staged on the front yard. Here are some more pictures of the mason's progress.

Just a couple of pallets.

They are ready to be staged around the house.
A view of the completed work along the right side of the house. If you look closely along the lower roof line you can see the slate edge of the new roof.

A view of the nearly completed back wall. With a view of the slate roof from the back.

A veiw from the front looking down the driveway. What do you think of the color match?

A panoramic view of the back wall in progress.

A view from the neighbors yard looking at the brick.

The staging area (aka. front yard)!

Work under the scafold in the back yard.

You can see the detail work for joining the sides together.

Here's a straight on look at the finish wall. Do you like the match?

This is our choice brick.

A view of the back wall in progress (sorry this is out of order).

The BRICKS have arrived.

The bricks are on site and the masons are ready to get started. We made several trips to the brick yard trying to find a match for our current brick. So far it looks like we did. What do you think?

This is our choice. Lee Brick #610 Pinehurst (modular). The color and texture of the brick is a very close match to our original brick.



The lines are plumb (straight) and the workmanship superb!


Another view of the first wall to get bricked.

Bricks are staged in the back yard.

Lots of brick in the back yard.
A pile here, a pile there. Next thing you know we'll have a wall of bricks.

Here's a Closer Look at the Front Porch

The carpenters have been working on the Front Porch. This will be completed in stages. Right now the framing is complete and they've laid the decking and erected the columns. Once the electrical is installed they'll be able to close it in and complete the finish work. Here are some pictures of their progress.

We're using Azek Decking (slate gray) with a hidden fastener system (no nails or screws).

Here's a picture before the columns were put in place.

Here you can see some of the outside finish work.

A view from the front.

A view just before the columns were put in place.
A view from on the porch looking back at the house.

Let's Start on the Roof

The slate has arrived that the roofers are hard at work. Take a look...

We're going to stay with the gray slate look on the roof. The supplier delivered several pallets of material and positioned them on the driveway.

The first step is getting the material on the roof.

The plan is to complete the roof in stages so return soon to see next step.

Time for Fascia, Eves, and Cornise Work

I'm sure these are in no particular order but you can see the carpenters have worked on the roof line. The cornise, fascia, and eve vents need to be in place before the roofers can start the roof. It's amazing how this piece of the additon starts bringing everything together.

Inside the Addition...

Most of the rough framing is complete, so I thought you'd like to see a few panoramic shots of the first and second floors. Don't forget you can click the pics to make them bigger. Here they are... ...

This is the first floor standing at the far left corner looking across the Family Room. Just left of where I'm standing will be the fireplace, the first window you see is an open place for family meals; you can see the cabinet supports along the back of the wall. The white area (partially obscured by the wood) is where the old addition was. The framing in the center of the picture is a pocket area for the refrigerator. The window (surrounded by brick) will be removed & opened up for a walk way to the old living room. The door on the right connects to the front porch through the mud room.


Here's a view from where the cabinets will be looking back to where the picture above was taken. Starting on the left you can barely see the pocket are for the refrigerator, then the far wall, lost of windows, and a french door opening to the back yard.

Finally, a view of the second floor from the far left corner (just above the location of the first picture). It's hard to make out details, but looking from the left is a sitting area, then the door to the Master Bath. The area behind the framing in the center is the Master Closet. There will be a wall added from the brick across to the wall closing off this space and adding about 50 square feet to the small bedroom on the other side of the brick.

Hope you enjoying the tour!

Let's Start Framing!

Here's a short video of the framing process. Click the 'link' to enjoy "Let's Start Framing" .

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The Front Porch is Taking Shape

The front porch framing is well under way. As you can see, we're planning a wrap-around porch that will extend across the full front of the house and provide a path to the new "mud room" on the side of the house (great place for hats, coats, shoes, and book bags!).

The front porch is 8' wide across the front and is 32' long. The side porch is another 5' wide and 14' long. We're planning to use Azek (formerly ProCell) decking. The color will be slate gray. There will be eight 8'x8" round/tapered columns on the outside perimeter with railings between columns with a 62" opening centered in front of the main door.

I can just see us relaxing on the front porch, can't you?

Can't wait to see this finished!

More Framing Pictures

What a difference a week makes! As you can see most of the framing on the addition is about done. The first & second floors are framed, the windows installed, and we've started working the details for interior walls.

This is a view of the Master Bathroom. To eliminate wasted space, created by a door swing, we're planning a 30" pocket door set off center so we have plenty of wall space for towels and such next to the tiled shower.

Here's a view from the back yard. We've got just short of 30' from the back of the house to the back fence. So there's room for having outside fun!

This is a view from the far corner of the Master Bath. The framing in the center is temporary, for support only, and there will be a 6'x16' walk-in closet running half the length of the house against the existing brick wall.

Here's a view from what will be the inside of the walk-in closet.

And another view from the outside left corner looking back toward the existing house.

The Roof Trusses are on site!

The roof trusses arrived in a neat package. Stacked and ready for installation. The framing crew completed an inventory and re-located them to the back of the house so they were in position for being hoisted up to the second story for installation.

Framing Has Begun!

When the framing got going, it really got going! Take a look at these and you can see just how fast things have started to shape up. We've been spending evenings measuring and visualizing what the space will finally look like (hope you can see it also).

This is what happens when you frame with warped lumber -or maybe what a panoramic view looks like when you don't keep your focus on lining up the shots!

A view from the second floor (same lumber and photographer)!


Now here is a clean shot. This is a view from the back yard looking at where the French Doors will be installed.

And a view from the garden looking back at the house.

Here's a view from inside, standing in the kitchen doorway looking across the new space.