The thing about detail is that it takes a lot of time and effort. This is not the easy or fast way to build a house. But all that extra planning and effort makes for a COOL project that is challenging and fun to work on!
Work continues all around the house. The electrician From C and S Electric is starting to pull wiring to the lights, plugs and switches. The prewire for the entertainment center is in place. Most of the lighting will be LED's in potlights which I am fastening into place myself. The house will also feature indirect LED up-lighting on all of the curved ceilings in the lower area. LED lighting will also be featured just under the handrail in the tree trunk staircase to the upstairs. One of the things Peter is working on of late is to prepare this area for the lighting, handrail and welding up the framework that will become the inside of a sculpted fiberglass reinforced concrete tree.
Outside we are concentrating on the upper area of the center of the house. The facia and soffits in this area are now painted. The large truss has the base coats finished and we will do the glazing tomorrow.The wall above the window will also get it's paint to finish off the top area. This means we will be finished with the snorkel lift.
The roof is looking fabulous as the PenFold's Roofing crew has done a wonderful job thus far. Our choice of the recycled rubber roofing was definitely the right one for this project. The rubber roofing shingles conform perfectly to the curved eyebrows and the thick profile makes for nice shadow lines that accent the curves and angles no matter what the position of the sun.
On the east side of the house, the top portion of the wall is now painted. The rock work base coat is a bright shade of blue. We will begin painting the final blended colors on the rocks in the nextfew days. It won't be long until the painting is done on this side of the house.
The CNC router is working night and day churning out the detailed trim for the outside of the house.
In the next few days we will be starting in on the sculpting of the big center trees. I can hardly wait!
-grampa dan