Trellis

The crew is installing the garapa trellis today! We used steel tubes & plates as a support frame and the garapa trim was precut and sealed prior to installation.

Railings

The railing cables arrived on site and the crew will install them in the next few days. can't wait to share the final look.

Metal tubes & frames

Feeney Cables

Insulation & R-values

One the feature of this renovation, is that the existing house & the additions are very well insulated and air tight. To achieve this, we removed the existing wall & ceiling batt insulation and used spray-foam insulation in between the roof rafters, blow-in spider insulation in the exterior walls and spray- foam insulation on the exterior crawl space walls. The R-values meet the new International Energy Conversation Codes requirements. The blower door test (to verify how air-tight the house is) will be performed at the end of this week, and we will share the results with you.

Blow-in spider insulation

Details: cantilevered west addition

We extended the existing house to the west, and aligned it with the setback line. The added interior spaces provides a larger Master Closet, a master shower and a larger Guest Bedroom. To create a floating effect, for support we used the existing west foundation walls, and cantilevered the structure with (4) 4x4 steel posts. 

Garage door

The garage door was delivered and installed last Friday. The overhead door is 20' wide (2 car entry), with a custom 2x6 garapa board finish.

Outside view

Inside view

Outside detail

Front door

The teak pivot front door is installed.

View towards the backyard

View towards the street

Before & After - Main Entry

The construction of the garapa entry porch is almost complete and the custom pivot teak door will be installed by the end of this week.

Main entry - Fall 2012

Main entry - April 2012

Before/After - South Facade

The deck & storage are almost complete. The new large windows open the house to the backyard.

Before/After - Front facade

Before & after front facade.

Front facade last year - before the construction started

Front facade this week - during construction (05.05.14)

Garapa deck

Rainy day on the job site today. The Garapa decking is almost complete, the steel structure for the Garapa trellis is in place, and next week the railing will be installed. 

View from the east edge of the deck towards the Office

Deck, views, backyard

Even on a gloomy, rainy day like today the views from all over the house are still beautiful

View from the Living Room towards the backyard

View from the Office towards the deck through the double sliding doors

Driveway pavers

The crew finished the concrete apron, driveway strips and turnaround area installation. 

Driveway & turnaround area

A couple of months ago we selected the driveway pavers and a pervious installation method to allow the water to percolate between the pavers and drain back into the ground. 

See post: http://ranchstyleredux.blogspot.com/2014/01/samples.html  

The crew worked all last week to prepare for their installation (dug out dirt, level area, fill & grade west side of the property, install forms for the concrete curb around the driveway strips and the turnaround area, purchase all the materials necessary, etc) 

 

Job site sign

We "carefully" designed, measured and located the job site sign so the power line ditch will go exactly between the (2) vertical posts :)

Stucco colors

Remember the stucco mock-ups I shared a few weeks ago? See in the attached photo our final color choices: the stucco work is complete on the house and the colors are so vibrant.

Front elevation - Compare images

The attached images compare the front elevation between the existing house (fall 2012) and the house under construction at this time. By extending it horizontally and keeping the roof line at the same elevation, the scale of the house didn't change and it fits perfect into the neighborhood.

Roof

The new Standing Seam Roof is almost complete.

Footings

Due to an unforeseen condition (a lot of fill), the crew has to dig a little more to provide good bearing soil for the deck footings.

The aluminum storefront frames are installed in both the Living Room and Bonnie's Room. The views of the backyard woods from these two rooms are spectacular.

Garage glass block opening

The Garage glass block opening is complete. The solution provides both natural light into the garage and privacy.