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Chapter 5: Construction Part 1

It has been awhile since my last post. I am hoping to give you an update on my house construction progress. After the consolidation agreement was completed/signed, Jayman pretty much hit the ground running right away. They started digging late May 2017 and the concrete foundation was in place within a week. I have to say that I'm quite impressed on the progresss so far. Every week when I'm out there, I can see that another milestone is completed i.e. foundation, framing, electrical, roofing, etc. The exterior is going very well. Last week July 20, the walkthrough was completed on framing, electrical, location of outlets, vacuum flow rough in. This week July 22 I went out, they are working on siding of the house and the deck. Challenges: nothing big so far. One item was the extension of 4 heat ducts in the basement. We weren't aware that to meet the Code, the heat ducts couldn't be in the insulated wall meaning that to accommodate it the wall has to be extended out app...