The trencher...

...David used to trench water line and electric service to the new house.

Refrigerator picked up!

Now heading to Dale.  Hopefully David and I can off load it!  Might have to show off my guns!

Interior

West Elevation

Rear Elevation

Front elevation

The house is more canary yellow than our real house will be, but we like it!

Come take a look at the tiny house at our wedding reception or better yet, come see the real thing!

Ground breaking to be this week!

David working on water line this evening...

He used the trencher and dug a 4" wide, 1 foot deep trench, and laid 250 linear feet of 1 1/4" PVC SCH 40 pipe towards our new house.  He put a faucet on the end for use by the contractors.  We still need to extend another 100-feet to service the house.

Inside of the pump house

Water lines and electrical connected.

Construction permit pulled!

Stucco colors confirmed!

Our house colors have been selected and confirmed with the sub-contractor.  The house elevation is a general visual using the Sherwin-Williams Visualizer.

The colors shown are:  The browns on the left are the gutter/downspout color (on the chain) and the stucco trim color for the house.  The yellow middle color is going to be the base color of the house.  The tans on the right are the stone mortar color and the window colors for the house.  Our stone is going to be a Chateau cut with Hickory color and the roof is going to be Weathered Wood color, both shown.

We have selected our front Texas Star door, but have not picked a color yet.  We are leaning towards a dark red/maroon color.

Cabinets for kitchen are ordered!

Should take about 4 weeks...

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View from top

Perspective of our new kitchen!

Loan closed!

Now in debt to our eyeballs!  Oh yeah.

At title company for 10:00 am closing!

We must close on our bank loan before we can start construction.

Road Runner at the front

Picking up 1 1/4" PVC SCH 40 water line pipe to run from pump house to new house

David next to our 5/0 x 9/0 master bedroom window.

We ordered a total 19 windows

3/0 x 5/0 for majority of house

3/0 x 4/0 windows for bedrooms 2 & 3

Our little picture window for the master bath

The windows have arrived!

Utility sink

We picked this utility sink up off of craigslist for the laundry room.  It has a nice goose neck faucet and deep basin.

Front of pump house

Brown Mama, Lilly and Shadow

Pump house flashing...

Installed and David finished shingling.  Water tank connected inside.

Awe...

Baby Lilly.  She was born on Easter so she was named after the Easter Lilly.

Cletus, Shadow and Lilly

The cows were grazing by David's house...

9/15 - 7:13pm - Finished for the day!

We wrapped up at 7:15pm.  It had been a long day, but we got a lot done.  We still need to shingle the roof, close off the soffits, paint, plumb the tank, re-connect the water lines and add a new stub-out for the new house.

9/15 - 6:33pm - Roof Decking

David and my mom decked the roof and put on the tar paper.

9/15 - 6:15pm - Door Installation

We installed the door and added the hardware.  Took a bit to plumb and level, but it works perfectly.

9/15 - 5:59pm - Cletus comes to visit!

9/15 - 5:58pm - Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's off to work we go!

9/15 - 5:57pm - Siding

We used 5/16" Hardie board to complete the walls.  We have to take extra careful measurements when cutting out to the door frame. 

9/15 - 3:26pm - Roof Framing

We created a lean-to roof with 5 ft 2x4 studs.  We cut bird's mouth slots to align and allow roof framing to lay flat on the stud walls.

9/15 - 2:52pm - Framing is up!

We built the framing for the walls in the garage before hauling them to the site.  David used his fancy new nail gun (3" framing nails) to attach the studs to the deck.

9/15 - 1:15pm - Set and Level Foundation

After the base was built, we used concrete deck footings to level the foundation.  Now comes walls!

9/15 - 1247pm - Site Demolition

David disconnected all electrical from pump and removed storage tank.  He also disconnected existing water lines after draining the system.

9/15 - 10:29am - Base Construction

First we had to build a base foundation for our pump house.  We used wolmanized 2x6's, 3/4" plywood and plenty of cross bracing to construct.  The storage tank will weigh approximately 700 lbs when full so it requires special bracing.

9/15 - Pump House Construction

We spent all day on Saturday building a pump house at the water well to enclose and protect the existing water tank from inclement weather.  This will be the same system that will be used for our new house.

This is the site before construction.