The Alley House is beautiful and we can’t wait to show it off!

The Landscaping sub-contractor worked through the week on installing the pavers, retaining wall, and grading for the bioswale and rain gardens so that we do not drain our water to the alley, but instead capture it on site and use it in our vegetation. We set the footers for the pergola. The wood was picked up by […]

The build team was able to arrive at a consensus on how to detail the dark accents in the pine wood screen for the stairs. A pattern was chosen that alternated the brown panels between the white as a fibonacci sequence progression up the stairs.  

The Solar Panels were all installed on Wednesday and temporary power was switched over to permanent power! The PV team was amazing to watch, very efficient and worked on a bright sunny, albeit cold day! By 4:00 pm we had PV powered up and the drone caught the photos of the house and its panels beautifully.

One of the busiest activities of the week was the final install on the ERV, hot water heater, plumbing fixtures, HVAC, diffusers, and controls. The ERV was tested on Wednesday and all worked well. The HVAC is being balanced for the temperature differences in the Alley House. This week also included finishing the painting and […]

The painting crew continues to work on the exterior and interior of the Alley House. The reselected color of a sage green and lighter for the trim complements the brown thermally modified wood cladding. Note… the landscape gravel around the house, ready for the recycled IPS limestone pavers this week!   The electrical sub-contractors were […]

Exterior cladding finished and almost completely painted.  

Kitchen instillation. The walnut desk tops were glued up and most of the final work in the kitchen cabinetry completed.   Details on the stairway and treads.

Material laid out for stairway screen.  

Furring and instillation of the siding has begun. The furring for the tower and thermally modified wood that runs vertically was changed to allow a drainage plain behind the wood. Furring strips were needed to run vertically to allow water to escape the cavity, and then furring runs horizontally to allow vertical cladding attachment.