New view--the front!

We were able to leave Pine Mt. earlier today than we anticipated, so we arrived in Rome before dark. I don't know why I have not thought of this before, but I climbed the ridge in "front" of the house and took these photos. It gives a new perspective of the house.

The framers will complete decking on the other side of the roof over the next two days. The flooring of the deck is complete as well as the flooring of the screened porch. Plumbing work is going on in the basement as the framers are working upstairs.

The garage will be built to the right of the house (see top photo)-- detached garage -- in front of the tree.

Part II Labor Day...

Labor Day Weekend in Rome

Caleb video

New Students at IMPACT 360/no postings

Sorry we have not posted in several days, but we are in Pine Mountain for orientation of our new 16 students at IMPACT 360. Our students come from nine states from California to Pennsylvania. A great mix of students from diverse backgrounds and it is going to be another exciting year.

We will be back in Rome tonight and will have a post up on Thursday. The framers are working on the decking on the roof. We have had some difficulty with getting an estimate within our range for the metal roof. The subs say that the steep roof is a factor -- and it seems even more steep on the side of the hill.

Kitchen's first cleaning

Cheryl and I spent about 6 hours at the house site today cleaning up trash, burning wood scraps, cleaning up wet sawdust and water in the house (from the first rain since we started the house a month ago -- 1/2 inch), picking up nails (the sub-contractors waste a lot of material), and other cleanup work.



















Hopefully, Cheryl will not have to use the shovel to clean her kitchen again. That's wet sawdust! The door to the left is the "front door" at the back of the house where we will later build the garage. You can just see the lower corner of the pantry in the upper right of the photo.

The view of the house is looking up under the deck (not the first level just above the windows--that's just scaffolding for building the deck). Remember the deck is about 13 feet from the ground.

















Cheryl is also giving the great room its first vacuuming. She says that the contractors are going to think she is strange -- but there was sawdust and nails everywhere!

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