2/F Concrete Pour
Second floor re-bar all ready for concrete pour today.
Our structural engineer and truss consultant put their thinking caps on regarding the optimum angle / slope for the new mansard style shingle roof. The mansard roof is 8′ tall and is the height of the 3rd floor quarters.
There are many things you take for granted (until you have it): like how power / electricity, water and heat get transported from the ground up, how it gets circulated and how, if you don’t plan intensively, one mistake could make that difference. Here are those stub ups / conduits sticking out from the 2nd…
I always dreamed of original stone walls for a bedroom. Now it is really happening.
“This Place Matters”. Successful tactical urbanism projects around the U.S. — from parklets to pop-up shops — show that sometimes all it takes to bring a community together is a simple, accessible project. That’s why this month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is once again encouraging people in neighborhoods around the country to…
A temporary fence in accordance to safety standards to prepare for the third floor cement pouring.
Preparing the footings for the third floor.
The wonders of this tying system for wires over the rebars makes the job ten times faster.
A Gaggenau Class was in order today- we needed some convincing that their Steam Oven with Sous Vide function was a tool to be had come breakfast time when the Francis House opens. Cooked salmon two ways: roasted and by sous vide. Of course the sous vide was a sky rocketing win! Lunch and learn…