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On the electrical rough-in; I already have a 100amp subpanel in the garage so everything on the primary suite and any of the upgrades in the a garage are terminating back there. I'm going to preplan a little and run some 6/3 over to my wife's side of the garage for a future EV charger. I have...

The only trade I'm 100% subbing out is plumbing. He's been working away roughing in the bathroom fixtures and the heat pump heads. As the primary is now above the garage I elected to add a head in there. With all the walls open we were able to get the reefer lines and condensate drains hidden. I...

Siding is completed - feels like a massive milestone.

Once we got out of Winter - I started to pick away at the siding. We have the original vinyl on the house so I wanted to get the match close but refuse to install vinyl. So as we are eventually going to reside the whole house we went with a pre-finished LP siding lap. Costly but such an easy...

Some interior pics from March/April Added the venting for the cathedral ceiling and get a little insulation up, full insulation will come after rough-in inspection.

Thanks - Siding is well underway. hopefully wrapped up by end of next week.

I got some catch up to do here. Doing a lot myself with friends help so the timeline is constantly getting stretched. The windows showed up while we were away on February holiday. Late Feb/March we ended up getting weather tight. I ended up removing all the old Tyvek wrap and used the BO...

A little update: On the exterior - Ice & Water, drip edge and Shingles installed. Both garage doors back in and operational. New garage side entry installed in place of an existing window. Insulate the little knee wall - very awkward job as it had to be done from the outside. Edit: Even with...

Its Zip 5/8" roof sheathing on the roof, ZIP-R on the walls.

Latest update: Walls and roof went up for the most part. The old garage door wall was 2x4 and I wanted to change it to 2x6 and frame it up for a taller door. I framed to receive the existing door s for now to get through the winter. Weather is not co-operating here in Maine. Snow...

Thursday: The monster of the ridge beam got installed, the doorway framing inro the existing second floor and a few rafters on the shallower roofline. The weather is not cooperating today so no work on the job until Monday probably.

Wednesday: Lifted the gable wall and start on the two main walls.

Tuesday: Subfloor installation and gable wall construction.

Monday - Paralams installed to raise existing walls for I-Joist placement. I-joists installed.

Materials showed last Thursday and Friday. Demo crew arrived on Saturday aka The Lads. We scabbed today some staging and a set of pump jacks. Took a small break to watch Liverpool match and then got back after it. Roof off mission was successful.

Storage pod, roll-off and snow arrived! Absolutely baltic here in Maine.

-2f this morning and the roll off is getting delivered 🥶

One year later and we're back. As usual - plans have changed but progress is happening. We reverted back to the original idea of removing the existing garage truss roof and adding the primary above - see post #22. A couple of reasons, cost and time of new build and our architect was unable to...

2025 Project Looming - Feedback Wanted: So we change our mind a bit, quite a bit about our house addition. Originally we were just going lift the roof of garage and add a second floor but with some structural complexities to deal with and the "boxy" look it would give to the whole gaff we...

Winter is in full swing here in Maine so not a ton happening out in the garage. Thinking about the above garage bedroom buildout, I've start to send out drawings for pricing. My current thought process is complete the misc garage work late spring to satisfy the structural engineer. This would...