The House Takes Shape

The house looks like a house.  Where once loomed dull, hulking blocks of cement, tall white walls stand proud and clean.  The Leisure-blue roof folds into the building in fitted layers.

So what happened?  What caused such a big change?

It's all in the stucco.  The stucco, which every day is closer to being complete.  This week, the workers began what my dad calls a synthetic stucco.  The synthetic stucco contains the acrylic colors we picked out.

Stick around for frequent updates on the construction of the ultramodern home with a backyard where Juan Ponce de Leon probably landed!

[and check out The Blergh.]

Stucco & Turtle Tracks

The exterior stucco is progressing and we should see some color on the outside in a week or so.  Check out all the turtle tracks and nests on the beach.

Turtle Nests Everywhere!

Under the guise of the night, turtles shuffle onto the shore, lay their eggs in a nest by the dunes, and scoot back into the ocean.  The baby turtles face many dangers from the time they are laid as eggs to the moment that the first salty wave breaks over their head.  Mostly, we can't ensure their safety, but we can help:  Firstly, by keeping a close eye on pets.  Secondly, by installing turtle-safe lights.  These lights are required along beaches because won't confuse the turtles as they make their way towards the ocean. 

Installing turtle-safe lights is just one of the precautions we have to take for this house.  My dad just finished setting up a lightning protection system.  Additionally, with the stucco still in progress, the windows and doors were layered with plastic as protection.

The aluminum roofing is up.  When I saw it from far away, it reminded me of Vector's house in Despicable Me, because the blue roof almost camouflaged with the noontime sky.

I didn't get a photo of the roof, but I thought
this was a cool angle.

In other news: some errors with the windows were fixed up; and the ocean is still a little chilly, despite the thermometer hitting around 95 Fahrenheit every day.  (We still swim, even if it's a little cold!)

 Stick around for frequent updates on the construction of 65 Degrees, the lair of a surfing mad scientist.

Update, roof, framing, A/C, deck

I haven't posted an update in a while.  It isn't that nothing has happened.  I've been so busy that this blog has been neglected.

All of the interior framing is in.  The underside of the roof deck was insulated with closed-cell spray foam.

The aluminum standing seam roof was installed on the upper sloped roof.  It is an Englert Slate Blue. The flat roof deck and the oceanfront balcony are finished with a PVC membrane decking material called DecTec CoolStep.  The air conditioning ductwork was installed.  I installed the piping for the central vacuum system.

Last Friday, the electricians started the interior rough wiring.  It should take them a couple of weeks.  The plumber has been so busy, he keeps pushing his schedule back.  He probably won't start for another week or two (If I'm lucky).

The stucco contractor has started prepping the house, but they can't start until the trades are finished.  They may be able to do part of the work before the plumbers are done.