The plumbing subcontractors Gary Browning and Joe Boyd made quick work of getting all the drainage pipe into the crushed rock/under slab area. They ran a main 4 inch trunk line from the bathroom/utility area on the east side of the house through the kitchen/master bath/half bath Read More

The concrete subcontractor, Craig Gustafson, showed up Monday morning to set the forms. I found it absolutely amazing the pace at which this guy and his crew work. Jerry my general contractor called at 8:15 AM to tell me they were there, I showed up 5 minutes later, and within an Read More

Now this is so cool! I thought I saw Paul Cyr up in his paraglider last evening, but never did I expect to find these pictures in my inbox. Overjoyed! Just think this is so awesome. Not much else to write as far as construction goes. The concrete guys said they’d be there Read More

Sometimes on a sunny afternoon/early evening up this way you can hear the high-pitched whine and see the colorful parachutes of motorized paragliders flying across the sky. One of these paragliders often houses a talented photographer named Paul Cyr who is extremely well known Read More

Another busy day on the job site. Earthworks trucked in several loads of 3/4″ washed stone to serve as the under structure for the concrete slab. The stone was leveled to a depth of 12″ under the main portion of the house and 10″ under the garage (to allow for a Read More

Earthworks put in a strong day at the site and got a whole lot accomplished today. We’re extremely happy with the progress so far! I showed up at the site this morning to watch Mike and John work the bulldozer and vibrating roller as several loads of gravel were trucked in Read More

Snagged an incredible deal on some brand-new Somfy 506S2 ILT2 roller shade motors off of eBay. These motors are the best of the best with embedded electronics, encoder-based positioning, and bidirectional communications. Even more important, my HAI OmniProII control system has Read More

Went cruising up State Street in my wheelchair this afternoon and as I got closer to the lot I heard all kinds of rumbling. In the distance I saw a big yellow bulldozer and immediately realized that THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN. Gave me goosebumps and butterflies in my stomach. Read More

Back a few weeks ago when I created this blog, I made up my mind that I’d only make posts related to the house project. It was easy going keeping to this and I could probably keep going that route, but this weekend was so amazing I find it hard not to write up at least a Read More