Windows Completed

The workers were just finishing up when I stopped by. I felt bad for them as it was POURING out. Suprisingly it was pretty dry inside. The only parts getting real wet were where the two different roofs met.

Wow, it's really starting to look like a house now with all of the windows in. I did some research on the windows and was pleasantly surprised to find out they are excellent top of the line brandnames.... Simonton Reflections, double paned (which is really cool with the grids inside to make cleaning easier) and LowE coating to keep the sun out. They're highly rated by consumer reports... I'm glad we didn't spend the $20,000 to upgrade to Anderson windows.

The wall of windows are complete. I'm glad to see they put the cross bars on top of the circular windows for more support.

The front door is in, but not painted. I'm glad we went with the small window on top (vs. no window).

They framed the stairs down to the basement today also.

I noticed a few "extra" steel column supports in the garage and went downstairs to check the basement and see why... to my surprise, one of the supports is extremely crooked... I'm hoping that they plan on using the ones in the garage to fix it.

The hot tub was installed upstairs, I'm dissapointed that they didn't insulate under it. (Will help keep the tub warm after filling it up). Might have to install some of my own.

They also put up all of the updated plans, so for the first time, I got to see exactly what our kitchen layout will look like.