Author Archives: kimerer_brian

They started framing the house today. Finally, we are building our house. First order of business is to put in the sills. The sills sit on the top of the foundation wall and hold up the house. You can see … Continue reading →

More lumber has been delivered to the site. The yellow boards in the photo below are the Micro-Lam beams. They are really really long! They are Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), and are made up of lots of layers of thinner … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted for a few days. The rain and heat and delays have kept progress to a minimum. But the sewer guys finally showed up on Wednesday and put in the sewer line. Actually, it was a sewer guy … Continue reading →

Well, I lied. The sewer guy stood us up again today, so you are stuck with another Fallapartment post. Here is a photo of our indoor clock & thermometer: Please note the time (7:37 p.m.) and the temperature (86.9). That … Continue reading →

Nothing happened at the house today. Our builder said that the sewer guy got tied up. Oh. I hope he didn’t mean that literally. Tomorrow they are putting in the sewer connection. Really. I promise. Lumber hits the ground on … Continue reading →

The Fallapartment has surprised us again. Take a look at what we found just inside the door to the basement. That is a spider the size of a Buick! And guess what it has in its claws…. another, smaller spider. … Continue reading →

It has been quiet here for the last couple of days. We have not heard much from our builder except for that postcard from Acapulco…. Just kidding. I think we are waiting for the new sewer line to get connected … Continue reading →

Yesterday and today they back filled the dirt around the foundation and filled the basement with gravel. Before they put the gravel in the basement, they put the drain pipe around the inside. You can see the pipe goes all … Continue reading →

On Friday they sealed the foundation. The stuff they sprayed on it is supposed to make it waterproof. While we were poking around the site we found a paint brush with some of the goop on it. Even though a … Continue reading →