Dormers

Dormers

Dormers October, 2009  The face of the house is forever changed by the addition of two fine dormers. Sam tried to spoil it for me by likening the new façade to an unsmiling face—he can just be that way sometimes. But even on his bad-mood days, he’s always the...
Floor Pour

Floor Pour

Floor Pour October, 2009  After many weather-caused delays, the garage floor was finally poured this morning. A slow drizzle at 8:30 made Clarke nervous, but he went ahead with the delivery and the skies held out for us. A team from Saunders dropped of 12 yards of...
Sea of Beams

Sea of Beams

October, 2009  It took many days and a lot of careful calculation to complete the new framework of rafters for the addition and dormers. Sam and Eric worked through nasty weather with only a leaky tarp for protection as they constructed the rafters, section by...