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This was the porch after the screens and studding were removed.
Notice the roof is carried by the house and the five posts.
The walls have been framed in with all the window and door openings. You
may notice an unframed gap at the left by the chimney. There was an
aesthetic problem tieing the porch back in on that side which was resolved
by bring it in at an angle and creating a small closet inside. See photo
near the end showing the finished inside.
The rear of the house as it looks with the siding completed. Unfortunately, only
the exterior was finished at this point. Lots and lots to go.
The layout of the pex tubing on the pylwood ledger installed
between the floor joists. The space was then filled level to the
top of the joists with dry sand. The silver rectangles are steel nailing
protectors to prevent nails from accidentally being put through the pex
where it goes through joist cutouts from one bay to the next.
The house wall before the old sheathing was stripped off for access.
Something of a mess in the place.
The wall of the house above the stairs after the 16" center
furring was applied. Provision has been made for an electrical
outlet and cable connection (that black wire snaking across the
perimeter joist) in order to mount a tv set up away from some of the
light from the windows.
The windows have been installed but no jambs yet. The walls are partially
done and the ceiling has been insulated and a layer of Tuff-R applied. The
after thought skylight is also visible. That's Cleo
watching through the window to the rec room.
Here's the same corner after it's all finished. There are cellular shades
to help ease the night time heat loss and sunny day heat gain. Visible above
the table is one of the three wall mounted sconces. Two are on this wall and
the third is over the largest window on the opposite wall.
The small open shelving in this corner is the result of bringing the
West wall in to meet the house and chimney at an angle. It makes a good place
for a boombox and CD storage. The raised square in front of it is where the
shutoff valves for the heat pipes are located. Didn't mention it before,
but the ceiling and walls come together at about 105 degrees. It was left
that way to maximize the ceiling height. When originally built the porch
roof had to fit under the windows in the house, thus 6' hi at the eaves.
See photo above of the exterior.
These stairs used to be brown painted pine between painted, concrete capped,
cinderblocks. The actual stairs and stringers are every bit as gorgeous
to wood lovers
as the cap pieces you see here. Except for the
railing all this oak came from Southern Tier Hardwood. This photo also
gives a good shot of the vinyl floor and Cleo, sleeping on the mat.
Here's the pattern used for the cedar on the ceiling. It
also shows the skylight, the sconce on the outside wall and the ceiling
fan. The light in the foreground is a motion detector to save hitting a
switch when entering the room after dark. It triggers on motion from either
the rec room or the outside door. Of course, it can also be forced to remain
on or off via a switch.
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