In the DRY!!!!

This week has been very productive. We have gotten the house in the dry. In the dry, for everyone who doesn't know construction lingo, means that no water can get into the interior. This happened in the earlier part of the week and since then a lot of big things have happened. The HVAC system was installed, most of the electrical has been run, and the plan is to finish the electrical tomorrow.

I want to give a big thank you to Krause Service Company out of Texarkana, Tx for installing the central heating and air unit in the house. They did a fantastic job with the install too. Take a look for yourself.

Central unit 

Ductwork

Electrical/plumbing in the kitchen 

Breaker box

House almost in the dry

The first full week this Spring quarter has been very productive even though we are roughly a week behind schedule. As a class we are striving to get back on track within the next few weeks by setting goals and striving to accomplish them. our main goal is to get the house in to the dry. Which basically means that no rain can get into the interior of the house. Once we have completed that task we can move on to other things such as electrical, HVAC install, and spraying insulation in the house.     

Footings for the trellis in front of the house

Footing for the porch 

House wrap

Back door on the east wall

Double window on the west wall

Window in the master bedroom on the south wall

Rain.......

The weather...

Our enemy for the last week has been the rain. It has slowed us down significantly but our class is still pushing though the project with our head held high. We have exactly 70 days to complete this house. The pressure is beginning to creep up on us but we can do it.

Here are some pictures from this last week. 

Upper roof and lower roof with a clear story window shown 

Upper roof with the tar paper attached 

Clear story in master bedroom along with a fur out for running utilities 

Roof sheathing in living room 

Roof sheathing in dinning area

Roof sheathing in master bedroom 

framing/sheathing

To everyone following the Habitech12 group it feels as if I haven't updated yall in a while. We have been on our quarter break here at Tech since the end of February. This has been good for my class we have worked from sun up to sun down on the house which has made it easy for us to get a lot of work done. The framing of the house is coming to an end which is fantastic! I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Dinning area and entrance into the laundry room 

hallway

entry into the kitchen 

front corner of the house

South wall

Street view