Studio Interior

I have just finished the interior sound treatment and am starting on studio wiring with Travis Allen. Should be done in about a week. Then all I have to do is buy gear!!! I am sure Vince could help me spend a bundle.... Almost ready to move in. Check some of the pictures...

Video of Garage project

Here is a video of what we have done so far. You can see that I took the video before I finished the decking around the garage...

Decking partially finished

Finished part of the decking around the garage. 1/2 of the decking is now finished... Here are the pics...

Oct. 2007 House wrap and driveway

I have finished with the inside plumbing and electrical and had my 4 way inspection. Also We put in a large drain at the base of the driveway and had the driveway installed as well as new curb and gutter and sidewallk. There are no pictures of the inside of the building yet. We have also preped the outside of the garage for th stone which has been ordered. Also decking has been ordered and should be here soon. things are going well and we are trying to get things on the exterior finished before the weather gets bad. Were in a hurry...

Retaining Wall Foundation (April 2007)

Aaron O'Conner, my neighbor, helped me set the forms. We spent one day getting the forms from a rental company. I was planning on using the simons forms (metal) but found out that my step footings were poured incorrectly for this type of form. So we rented the old forms that we used on the garage foundation. We had to cut a lot of plywood to make it work but everything seemed to turn out great. Originally I was going to hire this whole job out but like most contractors the bailed on me. It took 11/2 days to set the forms and get them ready to pour. We poured Yesterday (Friday) Today we removed the forms.

Retaining Wall Footings (April 2007)

Set the forms. Installed the rebar and poured the footings for the new retaining wall. $750 for the concrete alone. Ouch!

Demolition for New retaining wall (April)

Again I have rented an excavator for busting up and removing the concrete steps at the West side of the house. Once this is done I will beginning excavation for the water line to the garage and also for the footings to the new retaining wall. In one day I took 9 loads of busted up concrete to the recycling place.

March 2007 Roofing

started roofing with Jake Woodhouse and Zack Honey. Roofing still isn't finished as I am waiting for the plumbing vent lines to go through the roof. This should happen at the beginning of May. Presently we are almost 1/2 done with the roofing.

Deck structure completed

Today we finished all the subfloor and joist work on the deck. Its going to be great when its finished. The view is amazing. We placed all the rim board on and squared everything up then put hurricane straps on every joist. We spent about 4 hours today.

More Deck Construction

Finished installing the beams for the decking support and hung an additional 10 or so Joists today. Hopefully tomorrow we will have all the decking substructure completed. Here are some pix of the finished beams, etc.