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Summer photos...

The house is well underway , but everyday is a race to beat the winter weather. So my apologizes to everyone that I have been ignoring. Special thanks to Angela and Tom- this wouldn't have been possible without your help!

Mount Sopris on approch to the house.
Concrete pumper truck filling footings.
The finished foundation.
Trimming the garage beam.
October the 8th, 2007 My thirty-eighth birthday.
Easterly view from the master bedroom.
Southerly view from the master bedroom.
from the road...
Bonus scenery.

Fall photos..

Winter has finally arrived in the Crystal River Valley (4-6 weeks late, but we'll take it.) We are about half-way through the construction now, and all is well.
Thanks to the Wheeler brothers for setting those trusses for us.
Truss Day!
6x12 Douglas Fir heavy timber framing for the dining room.
Winter kindly holds off untill the day after we get roofing membrane.
Living Room
Kitchen & dining room to the far right.
Rough sawn cedar fascia with routed detail
Dining Room from the Kitchen
The private, eastern facade of the master bedroom
Tom on the pump jacks installing the southern windows
Tom puts the finishing touches on the dining room windows
This beam saw has a blade bigger than a record album

Winter Photos...

Biggest winter in fifty years; or at least since, "the big one of '94", depending on who you talk to. No doubt we got a lot of snow this winter. And it has led to a spectacular mud season. But construction presses on...
Stairs of Douglas Fir stringers and Glu-Lam treads. Window to the West
This is the panel for the computer/phone/audio/video networks.
Whole mess of plumbing...
The dining room.
The first of the reclaimed snow fence siding and metal roof.
From the Southeast.
The only spot on the house that looks completely finished.
Pine T&G soffit, Cedar fascia & Doug Fir timbers.
Monk puting in ventilation baffels and R-57 insulation.
Living room insulated with vapor barrier and lights on!
Now we're havin' fun...
Snow over the bumper of the Bronco.
 
Aspen solar guys set the thermosolar panels.
50 square foot of panel makes all of our domestic hot water.
South patio
Western facade
Angela makes a huge meal for all of the volunteer help.

Spring & Summer Photos...

Well, the house is pretty much done now. And we're exhausted. Huge thanks to everyone that help me pull this off. I couldn't have done it without you; Angela, Tom , Mom & Dad, Mike, Gail, Ernie, Dave, Monk, Jeff & many more...

 Reily's work really begins at lunch time.
Dining and living rooms
Angela painting
Angela staining windows
Architect tiles himself into a corner...
Mark tiling the entry with limestone.
Entry Mike and Marv tiling the living room whilst Mom plasters the office.