This week has sent Andy down to Southern Iowa, past Ottumwa to the Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge to build a new lodge for Tom & Rhonda Brakke at their hunting preserve. You can click the link to see their accommodations so far. Right up his alley, huh? 🙂
In the meantime, the crew is going strong at the Helgeson home putting up trim and prepping for insulation. Some of the things they have been working on last week don’t show much in the photos, but they coated all the concrete on the foundation that shows to give it a really nice, finished look. Also they installed all the soffit and fascia, which takes quite a while on a home this big, with so many corners and you don’t have much to show for it when you’re done. Soon the siding will be getting installed and that will really show BIG progress and FAST!
Better let these guys get back to work...
I am a little embarrassed since I haven’t posted pictures of progress on this home since the ones I took May 6th… so actually you will see a lot of progress compared to the last ones I posted. I did take some pictures May 21st just never got around to getting them up on the blog.
At the end of May they erected the garage panel walls, and finished all the roofing. They also installed all the windows and Andy framed in some arched doorways that will be sheetrocked. (They did have a whole week off from this project while they went to Brainerd, but the home-owners didn’t mind at all. They were actually a little happy because it gave them time to make some decisions they hadn’t really had time to think about since progress has been moving so fast. It was a win-win.)
Can’t wait to see the pictures Andy brings back after working on the lodge. I’ll be sure to share them as soon as he returns… I promise!
Enjoy!
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