Heart Pine and Windows

Windows for our new home arrived at the site last week. We were especially excited to see the rather large ones, 4' x 9' , double hung, put in place. There are 12 of these impressive windows which were highly inspired by similar ones in our Cherokee road house I have previously mentioned. I watched as our installation crew was coached by a Marvin specialist on the installation of these large windows in particular. I held my breath as the sashes were installed in the frames. This is not something the owner usually witnesses but I didn't want to miss any thing, knowing I might learn something.

Today, the heart of pine floors arrived from Easley, South Carolina. All 4001 feet plus 10% for contingency. Impressive beams and 5/4" boards for the stair treads. It is beautiful material to say the least. Getting it removed from the large rig that brought it was made possible by the amazing crew at Ford Plantation I hired. It took about 4 hrs total because of no side access to the trailer just in the back. Some had to be removed by hand, some was done by creative use of a fork lift and other miscellaneous tools at the maintenance shed. It is being stored there briefly before being taken to the site.

That Roof!

We had dinner at Marker 107, great restaurant over looking the lee side of Ossabaw Island and the Intracoastal Waterway down the road from The Ford Plantation. Here are a few of the breath taking views from there, of which I never tire. We've had high tides and an unusually cool spring. Today the temperature was 80 degrees at it's warmest and 66 in the evening, low humidity and the bugs haven't come out in droves......yet.

The most comments about our house at the moment are about 'the roof'!

All positive.

Right now, it's hard to get a good picture of the house with out the dumpster or port-a-toilet in the foreground!

We do have an upstairs, so there are dormers on the back side of the house. We are in the throws of finalizing the exterior door order. Being cursed with an obsession for detail, the exterior doors are really important, from the oil rubbed bronze thresholds (such as j-hooks or flush threshold with a mortised sweep) to being sure the doors that are being priced really match the door scheduled details in the drawings. My builders have been extremely accommodating through this process, down to the dog door that needs incorporating into the laundry door.

The Plumbing schedule has been finalized and ready for purchasing. Given that the house is mostly framed in, the plumber will be on site soon and any in wall valves will be ready for installation. Plowing ahead, so far so good!!!