Day 73 – Roofing, Siding, Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing Wow! It’s amazing how much can be done in one week when you have multiple trades working all at once! A lot was done this week, including the roof! And it was completed just in time, as we have a 100% chance of rain this weekend. The…
Eugene New Home Builder Day 45 This week they started framing the second story. They finished last week by putting up the floor joists. Monday they put the sub floors in and started the second story walls. We were able to check out the second story without walls earlier in the week, but had to…
Day 38 Since Starting Foundation It’s been 38 days since the foundation was started and we’re still framing. We had a little rain at the beginning of the week, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I checked the forecast and it didn’t look like there was going to be any more rain,…
Waiting for Construction Permits and Completing the Lot Ready Requirements Tomorrow will officially be 10 weeks from submitting the applications for construction permits for our Oregon new home build. The original time line said 6 weeks. There were a couple of supplemental items that needed to be addressed; they were submitted two weeks ago. We…
Completion of Our Oregon Home Demolition This week demolition was completed on the new home. The remaining concrete from the previous foundation was torn up and taken away. The tree stumps and roots from the trees that were removed were taken away. We now just have an empty lot. Also, this week we heard back…
