by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 15, 2004 | HousePosts
With acknowledgements to the Fantastic Four It’s true. It’s real. It has begun. Although the foundation was a bit out of square, (no determination yet as to cause) the men of Matco Construction have worked it out and the framing has finally begun. As of...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 13, 2004 | HousePosts
Or is it an all star break…? Well, we thought we’d have some framing up by now but the framers were delayed last week and were expected to start their work today. Then it was raining this morningâ€â€which is when they were supposed to begin...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 3, 2004 | HousePosts
Wood’s delivered. Game begins… They delivered the lumber late yesterday afternoon and the framers will be here Monday at 8:00 am. In about three weeks we’ll have more than a semblence of a house. Hard to believe this day is finally here, but...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 22, 2004 | HousePosts
Marry the house to the land and the land to the house… As I stated before, every tree we’ve had to remove from the property has been removed with reticence and tears. They’ve been removed because leaving them in place would have put life, limb, or...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 15, 2004 | Commentary
The final chapter… The event that gave rebuilding our house the inertia to move forward was really an act of serendipity. A chance plane ride up the Hudson River that led to the discovery of a vacant Nabisco box factory that lead to a decision to bring a world...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 14, 2004 | HousePosts
A floor you can skate on… If this is any indiacation as to just how crazy things are these days, we poured basement and garage slabs as well as crawl space concrete. the end result is a gorgeous basement floor that is so well done it looks like you can ice skate...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 8, 2004 | HousePosts
Question is… will we be there to see it? Basement floor, garage floor, and crawl space areas will all be poured tomorrow morning. 7:30 is when the trucks are scheduled to appear. Ya know, I think we can make it this time. No grabbing kids from school. No rushing...
