Vestibule Continues

The work kicked in again on the vestibule after the crew got back on site. The roof looks beautiful and the front door framing is taking shape.  Amy and I have moved our siding efforts to the south side of the building with the assistance of Rocky!

The progress on the vestibule continues. Half of the roof decking is on and the decorative build out on the support columns is completed. It adds a whole new dimension to the building.

And at along last the final windows are installed. It is going to be a great view of the beautiful sunsets we have looking west.

Work continues on the vestibule. The cedar tongue and groove decking is getting added. Unfortunately due to a mis-calculation by the supplier we ran a bit short and have to wait for another shipment. It appears they only calculated for one half of the roof. But it is coming along and looking good.

This weekend, along with more siding, we added some non-shrink grout underneath the beam columns on the vestibule and in the basement (second picture from bottom). As well as filling in the basement beam pockets with the same. Finally I came back and topped off one  of the two vestibule columns with concrete. 18 bags of concrete mix later the bottom picture shows the results but doesn't show my aching back from the hand mixing!. I still have the second column on the vestibule and the two basement columns to fill.

Vestibule Framing Begins

As work on the siding continues - the first two photos show the north side of the building where we have just a little bit left to side on the main building.  The north and east side of the kick out is now done.

The framing began on the  vestibule. The steel support columns went up on Monday and today the main beams, the roof rafters and the decorative arch glue lam went up. Hopefully by tomorrow night it may be completed.

The winery gets electrified

Today the electrical crew dug the trench and ran the wire from the transformer to the meter socket at the new building. You will notice that we had to remove a portion of our walkway the night before so the trencher could get through.  Amy took the day off to prune the grapes so she was able to take some "action" shots. You get an inside look at what the guts of a transformer and a meter socket look like.

The final picture shows what we worked on last weekend during the lousy weather. We began creating a soffit to cover the HVAC runs. The pic shows it taking shape - the plywood that covers the duct work. These strips of plywood are attached to 2x2's which are attached to the joists from the floor above. After these are all up we will run 2x2's along the bottom and then finally attach some across the underside of the ducts. This will all get drywalled in time.

The weather is looking up for this weekend so we will probably shift back to siding.

Siding Begins

While the HVAC and electrical crews continued to work inside the nice spring weather has allowed us to turn our attentions to the outside. Earlier in the week we peeled back some dirt and tackled the fun and slimy task of adding some additional waterproofing as we decided we needed to go higher with the dirt level on the north and east sides of the building.  Some work with the tractor and more dirt was added and the level has been raised.

The weekend brought the start of siding. We are using James Hardie cement board as we have on the house. We started on the east side of the kick out and used some leftover product from the house - they were a bit dirty that is why you see the odd colors. The angles are always a challenge and adding to the fun is that we are trying to make sure the laps line up with those on the house. We finished that side and turned the corner and just got started on the north side of the main building with new product. It is primed with a light green color which is a bit more pleasant to look at as it almost appears finished. 

A lot of siding to go!  The final pictures are the beautiful moon and sunset from Friday night March 18th.

Vestibule Floor

After spending 3 days in Kearney at the Nebraska Wine and Grape Growers Forum (including an unbelieveable banquet speech by noted wine writer Doug Frost) we came back to find our vestibule floor had been cemented in. Above we have some before and after shots of the pour. The cardboard  you see are void forms. The concrete was poured on top of the cardboard. It leaves a void so the freezing and thawing won't cause a problem.

Other pictures show the completed (by Rich and Erich) shingling on the kickout and the new garage door. The final shot is an inside shot of the can lights that have been installed.

Currently the HVAC company is busy installing the duct work and that will continue into this week. We have run into a scheduling snafu as the main beam for the vestibule will take a minimum of 4 weeks to get made. Hopefully that doesnt slow us down too much.

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