Boathouse gets “Dressed”

Work on both the inside and outside of the boathouse is continuing.  Drywall is almost completely up and the tapers are keeping up with the hangers.  The General Contractors think they might be painting walls as early as next week.  The outside shingles and roof brackets have been stained are are going up on all sides of the building.  One corner was used as a mock up for “look”.  It passes everyone’s eye test with one minor adjustment to be made.

Planes, trains, automobiles… and boats

Clink link to view an audio slideshow of the boathouse construction.  Produced by IC students Faith Enenbach and Shawn Steiner.

 

Insulation

The majority of the week inside the boathouse was dedicated to spraying foam insulation in the walls and ceiling.  The electrical and plumbing was completed and tested before the foam was sprayed.  Work on the outside was put on hold, the decision to stain the siding before it goes on the building was made to save time and work later.  All of the shake shingle, siding and also the roof brackets have arrived.

More Boathouse Pictures

Pictures this week show a variety of views of both the inside and outside.  There are several shots of the finished stone siding and the start of the cedar shakes.  The last of the retaining wall was completed in the front of the boathouse along the waterfront.  There are a few shots of what will be soon hidden in the walls. Next week on Monday the spray insulation for the exterior walls is scheduled.

Electrical and Plumbing

Several days this past week, I went down to the construction site and close to 20 people were working.  Several guys were working on the second section of the retaining wall, the masons have almost completed their work on the stone exterior, the framers started putting windows in.  They have all the square windows and the window/doors on the mezzanine installed.  They have saved the challenging round windows for last.  The plumbers have been insulating pipe and the electricians have been running wires.  The next big step is to get the exterior walls insulated with spray foam.  That work is scheduled for Monday, April 16th.  All teams are working hard to have their piece complete.