Ahhhh - December in Austin. The heat of summer is gone and we've still got blooming flowers and fat dragonflies after a chill and rainy November. The East coast may be snowbound and iced over already but we bask in the sunshine.
Even tired and cranky owner/builders enjoy some sun while working...
This week, we continue our work on raising the outer walls to the 15th course, at which point we will put the insulation in the walls and lay in plumbing and wiring runs. The kitchen windows are seen here.
The Western Wall is finally up. The stove closet is at left, the kitchen windows seen above at right. One of the cedar beams (there will be 3 in this wing) is seen in the living room area at the other end of the house. We've had to cut a number of cedars at the house site, all of which will be used in the house construction.
The house, so far, as seen from the driveway. Note the water level in the tank is pretty high after all the rain in November. Good thing I've got all my tools put away and the cement tarped over, we've got rain forecast for tomorrow (sigh)...
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