Category Archives: Building a Deltec

Finally, we’ve got our patio overhang put together, for the most part.  We also got the office door installed.  The plan for tomorrow is to install the kitchen door and start putting on the shingles.  I think.            

Today we got our shingles and our outside doors!  Yay!

It’s been a very slow few weeks.  Small things have happened but nothing very interesting or picture-worthy.  The weather has not been our friend lately.  Lots and lots of rain which, coincidentally, makes it hard to get concrete poured.  Finally, though, we have a patio!  Actually, 2 of them!             […]

We are getting an outdoor non-freezing spigot right next to the horses.  This will make filling water, especially in winter, much easier!  Our builder even got it in blue to match the house!     Here’s our electrical box with its “finished look” in contrast to the crazy wires everywhere from earlier.  It looks so […]

We had planned on having a couple wooden decks, one off each door, but instead we’ve gone with poured cement patios, 2 sections wide each.  The patio off the kitchen will have the roof overhang supports, so it has to have proper foundation laid.  So, here we have the spray-painted outline of where that patio […]

Monday and Tuesday this week we had the heating/cooling people out installing the duct-work.        

We’ve mostly had the electrician out this week.  We’ve had to pick where we want lights and such, which is surprisingly difficult to do without knowing where our furniture is going to go!  Once again, Pearl has joined me on an inspection tour.                    

By the end of the day Wednesday, the house was structurally sound with the plywood on the roof trusses, so that was the final day for our consultant.  Thursday was putting the felt on the roof and nearly finishing up the interior framing for the walls.                   […]

We are very happy to have brought in the Deltec-trained, very experienced consultant, as he has helped our builder put together the house in no time at all.  Not quite done with the roof yet and the soffit and fascia aren’t on, but it’s close.  Once again my trusty inspection crew of Sister and Pearl […]