Roofing Progress

After a week of wet weather, the framers worked Saturday and put up a few more rafters. Due to the complexity of the roof design, the task is taking 50% longer than a normal house. They hope to have all of the rafters up by next Friday. The long range forecast looks promising thru Wednesday, then it is forecasted to rain for four plus days.

Labor Day Couples Golf Event

Here is a picture of the couple that Camille and I teamed up with this past Monday. Brian and Valerie Fitzgerald are from the Chicago area and have lived here for the past several years. Brian is one of the better golfers at the Club, with a handicap of 4. On Monday, everyone contributed in the scramble, but Camille putted extremely well. Brian and I did not have to putt very often, since Camille or Valerie sank some long putts!!

The results speak for themselves: Overall Champions for 2009

Not bad, considering there were over 100 golfers participating. The handicap committee is now giving us static over our handicaps, since Mom and I have won three times this summer. We must play better under pressure !!

Good Weather = Good Progress

The skies have finally cleared and we are expecting good weather for the next few days. This is a blessing, since we have had rain everyday for the past four weeks. On Monday evening, it rained over 0.5 inches. Everything looks green and lush, but we need some dry weather this month. The carpenters plan on starting the roof next week if the weather holds.

Progress Report

After a good rainstorm yesterday, the framing crew worked Saturday for four (4) hours. Some of the joists are up and most of the walls in the lower level are complete. By next weekend we should see the outline of the house taking place.

Walls Going Up

The framing crew, four (4) spanish speakers, showed up at the house at 8:15am. We went down at 5:10pm this evening and they were still working! This is something that we are not use to. Individuals who work a full day. The general contractor estimates that this crew will have the entire house framed, roof on, and ready for windows in less than four weeks.

Mom Win's Member-Member Tournament

Camille played in her first Member-Member Tournament and she and her partner won the overall championship. They competed against 21 teams, using a Stableford scoring system (points for par, birdie, eagle, etc.) and had the highest point total after two days of play.

Ready for Concrete !!

The lower level plumbing was completed this week. The concrete subcontractor leveled the lower level with gravel, put the reinforcing steel in place and put down a layer of 6 mil poly. We had a radon mitigation system installed under all of the concrete slabs. It is much cheaper to do it now, than to find out you have a problem and have to rectify at a later date. The kitchen area was also finalized, so if we have good weather on Monday they will start pouring the lower level, then the kitchen area, followed by the garage area. The concrete piers are part of our deck area.