Links to plans

Full set of plans - PDFs in ZIP format
Page A0-0 - Cover Sheet (PDF)
Page A1-0 - Basement (PDF)
Page A1-1 - First Floor (PDF)
Page A1-2 - 2nd Floor (PDF)
Page A1-3 - Roof Plan (PDF)
Page A2-1 - Front / Rear Elevation (PDF)
Page A2-2 - Side Elevation (PDF)
Page A3-1 - Wall Section Detail (PDF)
Page A3-2 - Wall Section Garage (PDF)
Page A3-3 - Wall Section Basketball Court (PDF)
Page A4-1 - Structural Notes / Basement Stairs / Light & Ventilation (PDF)
Site Plan - Site plan and grading details

Interior Trim Finished

The staircases, banisters, window trim and other interior trim items have been completed.

HVAC turned on!

We finally have heat (and air conditioning) available in the house. The units were activated yesterday and run amazingly quietly.

Painting Proceeding

We're about 1 week into the painting efforts. So far the upstairs trim is done, the doors are done and about 70% of the walls are done upstairs. We're hoping to have the painting done in another 10 days.

BBall Court Interior Almost Finished

The basketball court interior has almost been finished. The insulation was installed and the OSB has been placed on the bottom 12 feet. The drywall has been finished on the tops of the walls and the ceiling. We're planning to paint the drywall this next week and then install carpet over the OSB.

You can see where we sprayed all of the doors against the walls.

Trim starting

The trim started today. Here is part of the trim package that was delivered:





Here are two of the cabinets that will be used in the mudroom.


All of the doors have been installed and the trim around the doors.

Court Insulation Installed

We installed the furring strips and insulation into the court. Now we're ready to install the OSB and Drywall that will cover it up.

Drywall continues

The drywall is getting closer to being finished.

Drywall Starting

The drywall crew is hanging today. They're making really good progress. I wouldn't be surprised if they were done by tomorrow with this phase.

Upcoming schedule

With the framing, insulation, low voltage, electrical, plumbing and HVAC inspections out of the way, we can hopefully get this project moving again. The next steps are:

The drywall crew starts on Tuesday morning. Here is the schedule of the critical path items for the two months:

Sept 12- Drywall Done
Sept 22 - Painting Done
Sept 22 - Oct 17 - Interior Trim / finish carpentry
Oct 10 - Oct 24 – Flooring

Insulation Complete

Insulation inspection took about a week to get approval on. The majority of the issues the inspectors were concerned about were firestopping between the floors. They had us close up any penetrations where a fire could get oxygen from inside the walls.

We spent a lot of time figuring out what type of insulation we wanted to use. The choices ranged from traditional fiberglass batts, to blown fiberglass, to cementitious foam to open and closed cell blown foams. Each had their pros and cons, but we settled on the following:

Batt insulation for the garage spaces:

- It's cheap to fill up a big area and you're less likely to have problems with air intrusion when it is used in the garage.







- Wet blown cellulose for the rest of the house including the attic, between the basement and first floor, in the walls around the home theater and in the wall between the court and the house.

Cellulose is about the same price as fiberglass but is superior in a lot of ways

• It's blown in, so there aren't spaces and voids around wires, pipes and utility boxes to let air and sound in
• It's denser than fiberglass - this makes it much more resistant to air intrusion
• It's a much better sound dampener than fiberglass
• The borax that it's treated with makes it more fire resistant than fiberglass batts.

Brick work done

The exterior is almost complete. The masons finished the brick work and we've got the exterior ready to paint. We should be able to paint this week and basically be done with the outside of the house.

Exterior almost done

The exterior trim and the hardiplank is almost done. The bricks are going up this next week.

Update bball court pics

Windows In

The windows were installed today. With them in, we're starting to get a much better sense of what the finished house will look like.

The garage floor should be poured tomorrow. There was one minor issue when it was inspected today that was resolved.