Work has been continuing on the front part of the house the past week. The forms are being laid out to prepare for a concrete pour middle of next week. The Structural FX team also completed the slab floor on the back section, which looks terrific now that it has all hardened and the dirt has been piled back up against the walls. The next concrete pour will complete the front section leaving only the foundation around the garage in the very front to do and a pour of "rat proofing" concrete on the ground under the front section of the house. We're all eager to get to that point because it will mean moving on to framing the walls, something that is expected to take about a month but will be highly visible, and the arrival of the roof trusses.
More photos at the link.
Here's the rough schedule according to Brian:
- Next week complete the concrete pour in front
- Start framing the back section of the house week after that and work on the remaining garage foundation
- mid July to mid August framing
- mid August arrival of trusses, about a week to install
- end of August install windows, roofing
- September: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, sheeting, solar power
- October inside finishing work like kitchen cabinets, flooring, bathrooms
- November final finishing work
I also got some additional good resource recommendations by Brian:
- Bedrosians for a huge tile showroom 650-876-0100
- 30 or so shops off highway 101 Bayshore exit to buy tile
- Jerong Products in the East Bay for mantels, marble, granite 510-782-2888
- Sincere Hardware for granite in Oakland 510-835-9988
- Imperial Marble for granite
- Pederson & Arnold 650-343-5603 for custom cabinetry - we might need to get custom cabinets for our master bath and kids bath which are shaped oddly and don't work so well for off the shelf Home Depot cabinets.
I've also had a tough time finding large prefab granite for our island - 4' x 9'. I've found two places that sell it, Grandstone out of Rancho Cordova (916-635-8889) and EMG out of Concord (925-680-6188) but stocks are limited. If anyone knows of others that might carry this large prefab, please let me know!
