Category: Danforth Construction

They are making more progress on framing. The weather is lovely and the trusses are being assembled. Did I mention how unbelievably huge they are? The footprint of the house is approximately 60×60 feet. This means the trusses are nearly 60 feet long. Laying out on the ground. And a partly assembled one. There are … Continue reading “Framing Update – 12/19/2024”

With the cold weather of winter setting in I find myself not wanting to spend a full day out at the property. I do have a generator to run the heater and a propane heater as well. I don’t like the noise all day of them running. Today, I used my lunch break to drive … Continue reading “Front And Back Porch – 12/13/204”

Around 2:45pm Wednesday 11/13, I received a phone call. When I glanced at caller ID, I knew that I was in for an interesting phone call. Caller ID said “Alton Public Works Department”. I gave the public works my cell number and told them to call me any time during the construction process to speed … Continue reading “Truss me, this is crazy! – 11/13/2024”

We’ve had some significant rain in the area recently. There is no roof on the house, so the water comes in and just sits on the sub floor. Theoretically this is acceptable per some reading I’ve done online about this.We’ll want to test the sub floor in several places before accepting this work after the … Continue reading “Checking In – 11/11/2024”