EIFS and Garage Umbrella

A crew of two, one from Honduras, one from Guatemala, have descended upon us and are here for the duration until our exterior walls are finished.  (Perhaps a Godsend!) They have finished the South and West.  On to the North!

 Last weekend, Danny and Sterling were here to excavate and shovel and rake the shape for the umbrella over the garage.  This weekend, they were joined by Jesus, and the umbrella was put in place.  And Carol, Kim, Eddy and Evito were other essential crew members. The umbrella is composed of 3 layers of plastic sheathing, and 2 of blueboard insulation, (think a triple decker sandwich) and we topped that with curlex to keep it in place until covered with dirt.  After all that work, we didn't want it blowing away.  Sunday, the subsoil was added.   I think Danny may be adding the topsoil now.  Only one casualty in the endeavor.  The skidsteer caught the buried phone cable as he took the dirt down further than it previously was to scoop it on top of the garage - saved him going around to the west of the house and getting more dirt.  Glad he missed the power line!  Bill has the camera right now with Sunday pictures in it or I would gladly show them.  And then you would think nothing had happened except for some reason, we took all the grass away.

Electrician and Plumber

On Tuesday, the electrician finished up "all he could do" before the plumber does things.  On Wednesday, the plumber came, with the electrician as his helper. They started roughing in the vent pipes and drain pipes.

The second floor water wall

Some of the plumbing on the first floor

 Lots more to do!
We had expectations of our EIFS (modern stucco) being done.  It has not happened as yet.  We are still hopeful. And no progress with excavation as yet.
We are building this house because what we are living needs substantial help.  The roof over the great room has shown us a major leak over last week's rains.  It is getting repaired before the next rain.