Red Sanders - the cabinet man!

We met Red one day before thanksgiving and gave him out thoughts on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, built in shelves, and some lockers. Red calmly took notes and in about 6 weeks made our ideas reality. see the pictures below. most of them have been primed for painting which explains the colors.

Kitchen

Master Bath

Boys Bath

grindzilla comes to town

so for the longest time I have struggled with what to do with my left over lumber. A lot was recycled and turned into other things. I built a bike rack, a friend built a compose bin. But there was still a bit left. That's when I learned about Grindzilla. Based out of Atlanta, Grindzilla builds trucks to grind construction and building material. After learning about the truck, I was interested, as both an end to my construction waste, but as a potential business venture as well. Grindzilla came to town and was an impressive machine. Here is what is left of my wood pile....

fast forward to january

So the last two months were a bit busy. I didn't have much time to blog - but luckily I will bring you up to speed on the work. What you will not see is pictures of the sheet rock going up. Albeit fun, there weren't many pictures.

so here we go with a brief recap. the sheet rock went in sometime after thanksgiving. after that we got the trim going on... Chris Jakubowicz with TrimCo took on the job and made quick work of it. Hanging the doors, shelving in the closets, stair steps, base boards and window boxing... Chris did an amazing job - see some of the pictures for yourself...

Insulation

Wow! Teddy and Curt Wagner at Foam Insulation Company in Spartanburg have been amazing. They sell a Demilec product and were able to get us SEALection Agribalance foam. It is a vegetable oil based foam - saving petroleum is a great thing! They really know their products and are very helpful. The team of installers are friendly, quick and clean. We decided to do foam for several reasons - one it cuts down on allergies which will be good for everyone in our family - it is amazingly energy efficient - and we liked having a product that cut down on the use of fossil fuels. I don't know all of the science but I know Curt and Teddy do and if you are interested in using foam I suggest you look him up online , give him a call at 864-583-3174, or send him and email.

Check out this video of FIC working their magic with the foam.

pictures

here are three that show the house in almost panoramic. we are super excited about our metal roof from Eagle Metals. It is nice to be able to get really green products from a local company. Jamie and the whole Eagle Metals team has been very helpful and accomodating. People ask all of the time why we went with a metal roof and I think there are three real reasons - not neccisarily in order.

1. it looks cool, and will sound awesome when it rains.
2. it is very green and energy efficient.
3. if we ever want to replace it, it goes in the recycling bin not the landfill.

Enjoy the pics.

exciting pictures coming soon

Well the siding is almost complete and Foothills Exterior has done an amazing job. We are using a cement fiber siding by CertainTeed. This product came from Neely's Building Supply who continues to be a huge help in this process.

We started the roof this past week and we are really excited. We chose a metal roof that from Eagle Metals

The particular roof is a grey but it is a "cool metal roof." Learn more about cool metal roofing here.

Pictures will be coming soon.

Also look for a video of the instillation of the insulation in the coming weeks.

doors and windows on the front

the house is starting to really take shape on the outside. While the plumbing and electrical work are completed on the inside there isn't any great photos. Here are some of the windows are doors on the front.