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This home is really becoming a beautiful thing. They’ve been pouring the path to the dock, building the deck and putting up the siding with the wood trim. It’s going to be very lovely when it’s all finished.

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We’ve been pouring the concrete path to the dock.
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The siding is going up beautifully.
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The deck extends from the garage to the rear of the house.
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The extensive deck being built to enjoy the lake from.
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The roof extension will offer shelter from the rain and shade from the sun.
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A smooth path to the dock.
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Trim work going up on the exterior of the house.
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The garage getting the same trim for the siding that the rest of the home will have.

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We’ve gotten the foundation all poured and ready to begin framing. The stone retaining walls are set in place and rolls of grass seeds have been laid out to prevent the grading from sliding away with the spring rains.

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The stone retaining wall looks fantastic and we’ve started rolling out the grass seeds on top of the grading that’s been finished.
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The foundation has set up nicely and the grass seed has been rolled out right up next to it.
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The grading looks amazing and with it all covered with the grass seed it’s going to be a perfect setting for the house.
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This shows the last bit of grading going on right up to the top of the stone retaining wall.
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This photo shows the septic tanks all buried and covered with the grass seed.

This video has a walk through of the gravel and grading with a foundation check.

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A shot after the rain showing the gravel, poured walls and foundation all ready to go.
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The rough plumbing in the foundation shows where the bathrooms and sinks will be located.

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We’re working on installing the white oak timbers. It’s really a beautiful home that we’re seeing being built and these white oak timbers really enhance the beauty of the design.

 

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Trimming the white oak timbers prior to installing them.
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Here you can see the guys using a crane ti help get the beams into place.
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The guys installing a white oak beam with the assistance of a crane.

The white oak is so heavy and large that specialized equipment has to be implemented to place them.

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Using fine tuning to settle the beam into place.
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Floor trusses going in and more white oak beams being placed.
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The sheer height of the ceilings is very impressive as you can see from the framing.
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The basement is all framed, white oak beams are in place and the floor trusses for the main level are all prepped for framing of the next level of this home.

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The rafters for the roof are being built and installed. You can see the shape of the whole home now. It’s going to be a beauty.

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The rear view of the home, you can see the walk out basement and the main level all framed and with exterior walls.
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The side view showing both levels.
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The view from the top of the property showing the roof going on.
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Here you can see the rafters for the roof being installed.
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The rafters being built and installed.
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More of the roof taking shape.
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The front view of the home with rafters in place.
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A side view showing the rafters all ready for the roof to continue being put on.

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The framing is all set and now we’re insulating and getting all the plumbing finished up. Installing tubs before we start to put up drywall and tile is a part of that. We’re also getting the siding and decking up and ready to paint or stain. It’s really beginning to look like a home.

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Insulation going up in the loft area above the kitchen.
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We’ve got a cast iron tub being installed before drywall and tile go up.
Deck in progress
A wrap around deck to enjoy the lake views from.
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The framing of the deck is looking very lovely.
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Plumbing and electrical being run in the basement
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All set to install the wet bar for the basement now.
Porch ceiling in progress
The under side of the structure of the exterior decking before it gets a T&G finish.
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Trimming out the siding on the walk out basement level.

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The house has footers poured now. We’re adding gravel for equipment. Digging for septic install to run the rough plumbing and to really start to see a home taking shape. The footers show us where support walls will be and the rough plumbing lake kitchens, laundry rooms and baths. Can you envision this house yet?

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We’re evening out the gravel to give parking areas for the equipment being used onsite.
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You can see the guys smoothing the concrete for the footers to ensure that it dries evenly and properly.
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More stone that we dug up has been added to the walls being created with it for the property.
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The footers show the footprint of the house along with the poured walls already in place.
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More of the houses footprint being shown.
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Installing the septic tank.

A walk around the property to see what it all looks like and identifying where everything is going.

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The plumbing being connected to and from the septic tank.

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We’re working on the final framing of the basement with white oak timbers being delivered and trimmed for install. The main level will be started soon.

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Here we are pumping water from the lower section of the basement.
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Truss and beam delivery for the floor system of the main level.
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White oak beams being delivered.
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Taking the large white beams down the gravel driveway.
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Adding treated plywood to the exterior.

A walk through the framing.

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A view of the framing from above.

White oak timber trimming in preparation for installation.

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The main level is getting framed now. You can really see the layout of the home and begin to see it as more than a prep site for a house. The doorways and windows help you to see where rooms will go and the view that they’ll have when we’re finished.

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Our foreman onsite checking out the main floor framing as it goes up.
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Doorways and walls taking shape.
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Framers really working hard.
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The main floor taking shape.
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Exterior walls getting plywood over the framing.
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Framing the doorways on the main level for exterior access.
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Framing going on for the main level.
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The main level has begun to take shape with framing.

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The story of a home continues to unfold: The roof is going on now along with installing windows. The exterior trim is also starting to go up. The beauty of the home can now be seen to be coming through.

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Getting set to put the roof onto the garage.
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Double window being installed.
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Exterior trim starting.
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The garage starting to be trimmed out.
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You can see the weather wrap on the house before the exterior siding goes up.
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The roof is getting the plywood that goes on before the water proofing layer and the shingles.
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Waterproofing on the roof before the shingles get put on.
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A single window being installed.

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The poured walls are all waterproofed and set. We’ve got rough-in plumbing all run and we’ve back-filled the entire area with earth. You can see the footprint of the house now. Next we’ll be pouring footers and foundations before we begin framing.

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Filling in around the rough-in plumbing.
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A little more grading to even out the site.
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Filling in all around and up to the poured walls.
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Getting ready for the foundations with the plumbing being roughed-in and filled in around that.
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The poured walls are getting earth packed in up to and around them.
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You can see the rebar enforcing the poured walls and it will later be used with the footers as well.
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The gravel is all ready for parking vehicles while we work.
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You can see some of the waterproofing on the poured walls as we add earth to fill in all the way to the top.