South Wall Complete and ...

Yesterday, the carpenters completed the installation of windows and sliding glass doors on the South wall.

 Today, they framed the West interior wall and installed the windows and doors on that wall and the upper window in the West exterior wall.

As seen from the kitchen area

As seen from the West Annex

 And here is a view from the Southeast.

 

Windows on the South Wall

The South face of our house looks a lot different.  The form for the parapet has been disassembled and the windows are being installed.

 

Window Installation Has Started

I should start off by saying that we were fortunate as we had expected worse. Hurricane Sandy gave us about 5 inches of rain and winds up to 40 mph.  The temperature went from the 80s into the upper 30s.  We are waiting for the next rain to see if we have any moisture problems after the shotcrete.  It was pretty wet in the house and we took note of where we saw water seepage.  We used Aquafin, a waterproofing additive, in the shotcrete.  And it takes 1-4 weeks to seal.
 
Thursday, the carpenters showed up and started installing windows.  They first found out where we were storing them, and which windows went where.  That day, they installed SEVEN windows. Friday and Saturday, these three guys installed TWO sliding glass doors on the second floor, and the entry door and remaining first floor windows on the North wall.  And the carpenters also took down the props in the living room that were used as supports during the shotcrete process. AND, they moved all the windows from the window barn (called that not because it contained our windows, but because it has a bank of windows facing South) and from the garage.  So Bill is exstatic!  Today, he got the bush hog out and mowed some of the field.  It had been inaccessible since last December when they were delivered. And the tractor now is spending its first night in a LONG time in its home, out of the weather.

 The North wall is as complete as it will get for awhile.  One window has a problem - a spring is sprung; and the last slider doorway will be used for ease of entry.
Kim helped Bill work on the french drains Friday, and Bill almost finished them up Saturday and Sunday, but he ran out of sleeve (sock).

Bill plans to work on putting the skidsteer back together again  the end of this week.