Week of 9/15/08 Things are finally beginning to flow once again! The past week we have gone from having one to three crews (10 guys) working on the site.
*Our pictures depict the start of our fireplace and our house with stone veneer and completed decks and porches.
* Our new bid for the fireplace came in at well over $4,000 less than our old bid and they are doing a beautiful job. We have made friends with the owner of A-1 Building, Carl, who is personally supervising the fireplace construction and was even at the site all day last Saturday! Norman discovered his place accidentally as no one had told us about him and he doesn't advertise. He sells mainly to contractors, but is giving us the same prices! Carl is fascinated by our fireplace as it is new to him (you can't buy Acucraft fireplaces in TN). He also loves coming to the bluff and seeing how the house is going - says there are no comparable views except in Gatlinburg. Carl also gave us a great deal on the manufactured stone siding, which we decided to extend all the way around the house (forget that latticework on the prow side - stone will be zero maintenance!) Thanks to Carl, we are now back in great shape budget-wise.
*Other accomplishments: Our decks & porches, including handrails and spindles, are all done, our tubs and showers are framed in, and our interior log siding has begun. The plumbing is almost complete and the HVAC guy has done a walk-through with us and the plumber to decide on where our vents & returns will go. Our window trim has been redone and looks good. We have made arrangements to have all of our site trash hauled off next weekend.
*Norman and I once again spend much of the weekend doing clean-up. Actually, I picked up and raked up debris, and he sanded all of our interior log walls. We had made a decision to extend the interior walls from the great room area into the kitchen/dining area and are very happy with this.
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