Aug. 28 - Gable Trim is UP!!

I'm pretty stoked about this. The gable trim went up today and I have to say that it looks awesome. The color gets a little washed out against the siding and roof when in the shade but otherwise it adds a lot of cool to the appearance of this house. Hope you all like it, too!!

Randy and Chuck putting up the first gable trim.

We are waiting for more shakes (siding) to arrive so they can complete the gables on the rear of the house.

Here's the last light before sundown hitting the front of the house.

I painted the garage doors today. They will be the same color as the siding. At least I painted them as far as I could until we discovered (after removing the protective cardboard covers) that 2 of the panels for the big door had damage.  There's always something unexpected that happens like this. Now we are waiting for two replacement panels to be ordered and shipped. Tom and his guys will still be putting both garage doors up tomorrow....bad panels and all. That should make for some interesting pics.

The replacement door from EZPorch showed up today. So, we can finish up the screened porch now.

Lockridge measured for drywall today. We believe that our French door from Eagle will ship tomorrow from Dubuque so we are hopeful that it arrives on site on Friday.

The big holdup now besides the French door is the heating and cooling company to get their butt in gear. They should be installing all their heat runs so we can be drywalling but they say they won't be here until next week after Labor Day. That stinks.

Tomorrow....with some help I will be installing more twisted pair wiring and coax for my all TV connections. Getting ready for drywall day! By the end of this week.....will we have the exterior (95%) finished? Let's see......2 doors to install, brickmold on one door, lots of siding yet to go up and more cedar trim to install and stain. MMMMMMMMaybe.