Friday, March 28, 2008

The front porch


The wild willie








Some fine work


Relaxing on Tim's porch

Thursday, March 27, 2008

The floor joists

Working on the bay seat


Almost done putting in the floor joists

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The front porch

The chalk line

Willie looking like he's doing something

Finished a day later

Monday, March 17, 2008

The mud sill

The tape man, you can never have enough tapes.
(especially with Alex going around stealing them)




Cutting the mud sill


Hands up!


Teaching alex the tricks of the trade


Alex showing us how it's done

Mud sill finished
Don't ask me why they call it that

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Rain, Wind, Sleet, Snow, Hail, broken limbs;
we do not let anything stand in the way of work.
you might call us over-zealous, but we call ourselves committed.


Willie trying to catch the rain in his water jug

we cleaned up and leveled out the ground
even though it was pouring rain

Friday, March 14, 2008

The forms are gone

The day after the pour, tired, sunburnt, and done at last.
(my back got burned to a crisp)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Abercrombie and Fitch's newest marketing ploy

A & F Youth! With the new hit model
"Abercrombie Alex"

He will be representing the youth branch of A&F
along with his cousin Abercrombie Audrey

abercrombe and fitch copyright
all rights reserved

The concrete pour

The first out of four concrete trucks

Pre-pour
The local farmers

Doug the pumper

How many people does it take to pump concrete? one to pump and four to watch


David came to help out




Pumping concrete


The first stretch completed


The local riff-raff stealing our drinks



Wesley stupervising



H.B. doing the final touches







Three is a team





The signature pad. Barak was there in our hearts.





All done! and without any blowouts thank god


Burritos and a Carona after a hard day's work

Getting the stem walls ready

Blood and grime, the harsh reality of construction.

Misty doing what she does best


still looks like nothings done.

Cutting the Holdowns



Working with a broken wrist


A fine job, I did it all by myself


Inside a grade beam, Thats alot of rebar!


Everyone has their mailbox


Willies crazy contraption





A Holdown, 5' 1 3/4"



Crazy Willie, I have to work with this guy!


fine looking forms