by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 16, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yesterday the concrete in the third bay in the single garage was poured. I saw one guy smoothing it yesterday afternoon. Looks very nice and, as far as I could tell from a cursory look, no one walked through it. They also scored the concrete in the larger garage area...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A big “thank you” is in order for the curious neighbor who just had to sneak into our house sometime after dark last night. Putting holes across the gorgeous and smooth new concrete that had been poured and finished in the double garage was, I'm sure,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 14, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
After trying most flooring surfaces known to man, including carpet, laminate, ceramic tile, natural stone tile, and hardwood, we decided our new custom home would have polished concrete on the main floor and stained concrete in the basement. After extensive discussion...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 12, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The trench around the french drain was filled with gravel and fill dirt was brought around to the front of the house to fill in around the foundation. It look like an entrance now. The slope from the sidewalk isn't nearly as steep as it seemed it would be. On the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Five window wells were installed today. Brad got some great prices for us. He found one, very deep window well that was damaged on the bottom, so he bought it for half price and cut off the damage for the size we needed. Then the supply store gave him the rest at...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yesterday our builder spread tar over the stucco on the concrete panels. They are preparing to finish off the french drains and then backfill the dirt piles into the trenches. They also did some excavation in the driveway area. Now that we put the garages in the...
