Author: Opa Fiets

Dan putting on roof sheathing. Terry and Chuck discussing the best approach to the center dormer. Dan needs more material. Sean cutting off truss rafters for fascia. Terry checking the

I’m slowly getting caught up. Among other issues we’ve been battling a conflict between the posting app I like, Mars Edit, and my web hosts security need to limit the

More photos of the second level framing and first few roof trusses. Almost daily delivery of materials. Amazing how much these guys can go through in a day. I’m not

Great crew of folks (or characters:-) from JerCo doing the framing.  Watching these guys work with each other as I have on a daily basis (sorry guys) over the past several months

It seems that producing lots of video footage on a daily basis from drones and other cameras eats up disk space rather quickly. 🙂 I wasn’t paying proper attention and

Docks in Minnesota are a bit different than those in Alabama. Thanks to our lakes and rivers freezing and all of that ice moving about we have to remove our

  Sporting red today. Kitchen windows in NE corner. More lumber. Remember Terry’s comment about the Gehl not being as smooth and accurate as the Pettibone?  Yep, hanging from the

Cutting out for the steel I-beam that will support the porch fireplace. Beam’s in place. Below it will be a guest bedroom. Stairwell and entry hall. A lot of details

Happy summer solstice ! Here’s kind of a fun difference in Alabama and Minnesota. Today we will have about 2 hours more useable daylight than Birmingham. We actually have only

The first couple of weeks of June are major blossom time. Perhaps the biggest show are the Peonies. I neglected to get many good photos of them but I did