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  • Design

    • Topography

    • Soil Sampling

    • Floor Plan 2019-02-14

    • In Progress Panoramas

    • The Moveable Window Walls

    • Cabinet finishes

    • The Stairs

    • The Soffit and Deck

    • Floor Plan 2020-01-22

  • Construction

    • Ground Breaking!

    • 2019 Index

    • 2020 Index

    • August 7, 2019 - wall forms start being placed

    • January 3, 2020 - Utility Trench Backfill

    • January 3, 2020 - Fire Cistern and Driveway Blasts

    • January 16, 202 - Upper level framing started

    • January 23, 2020 - Upper Level Framing

    • January 30, 2020 - Upper part of the Moment Frame

    • February 19, 2020 - Upper Level Framing and Plow Truck

    • February 27, 2020 - Roof steel and Garage framing

    • March 5, 2020 - Roof Structure

    • March 12, 2020 - Great Room Trusses and other roof structure

    • Aprile 2, 2020 - Start of the Parapets

    • April 11, 2020 - The Membrane Roof

    • April 30, 2020 - Stair Mockup, pool tile and outside drains

    • May 12, 2020 - Septic field sand base and pool coping

    • May 21, 2020 - First Lunch and Soffit wood

    • June 4, 2020 - Lower floor ready for concrete and septic system

    • June 11, 2020 - The last Steel Beam and the Windows Arrive

    • July 23, 2020 - Start of Mechanical

    • September 24, 2020 - Infloor heating

  • Life Before the Views

    • Index

    • July 21, 2018 - The Maple Tree

    • August 13, 2018 - The Maple Tree

    • August 15, 2018 - The Maple Removal Part 1

    • August 15 - Maple Tree Removal Part 2

    • August 15, 2018 - Maple Tree Removal part 3

    • May 16, 2019 - Tom's House on the Road

    • June 7, 2019 - Tom's house starting up the last hill

    • September 22, 2019 - Lasagna Day!

    • November 28, 2019 - Thanskgiving! Part 1

    • November 28, 2019 - Thanskgiving! Part 2

    • November 29, 2019 - The Ice Fog

    • Livingstone

    • December 27, 2019 - Frasca Truffle Dinner

    • Christmas Presents

    • January 5, 2020 - Jill's Brunch

    • January 15, 2020 - Bringing up Doxygen

    • January 15, 2020 - Why we need Doxygen

    • January 22, 2020 - The North Area Force Mains

    • January 23, 2020 - Black Cat at Bookcliff

    • January 26, 2020 - The Bacon and Onion Tart

    • January 30, 2020 - Massive Meatball Madness! Part 1

    • January 30, 2020 - Massive Meatball Madness! part 2

    • February 2, 2020 - Brown Palace Brunch part 1

    • February 2, 2020 - Brown Palace Brunch part 2

    • February 19, 2020 Deep Dish Apple Pie

    • March 9, 2020 - A week's worth of cooking

    • March 22, 2020 - Jazzy Potato Soup

    • May 31, 2020 - Frasca At Home 5 part 1

    • May 31, 2020 - Frasca At Home 5 part 2

    • July 5, 2020 - Rosemary Focaccia & Prime Rib Rosisserie

    • July 15, 2020 - Frasca First Book

    • July 21, 2020 - Black Cat Farm

    • September 2, 2020 - Bistro Vendome

    • September 7, 2020 - Black Cat Tomatoes

    • October 11, 2020 - Livingstone sugars up

    • October 14, 2020 - Frasca Stock Market Celebration

    • December 6, 2020 - Frasca At Home 32 part 1

    • December 6, 2020 - Frasca At Home 32 part 2

    • January 11, 2021 - Cassoulet

    • February 28, 2021 - Clementine Crêpes Suzette

    • March 19, 2021 - After the Blizzard Part 1

    • March 19, 2021 - After the Blizzard Part 2

Current Weather

2020 Construction Navigation Page.   


January 2020

    3rd - Utility trench backfill and some catchup documentation.  

    3rd - Fire cistern and driveway blast  

    16th - First upper floor framing, propane tanks, fire cistern. 

    23rd - More upper floor framing, propane tanks backfilled  

    30th - Upper Moment frame, Office framing, framers raising a wall 


February 2020

    19th - Upper Level Framing and Plow Truck.  

    27th - Roof steel, Garage framing the crane whose outrigger Martin ran into 


March 2020

    5th - Roof Structure and Slopeable/Skewable Rafter Hangers 

    12th - Great Room joists, first electrical and Pine Grosbeaks 


April 2020

    2nd - The parapet walls, incredibly dense clouds and ice crystals!  

    11th - The La Cantina Doors are on site and the membrane roof   

    30th - Stair Mockup, pool tile and outside drains


May 2020

    12th - Septic field sand base and pool coping  

    21st - First Lunch at the Views! Under Soffit wood


June 2020

    4th - Lower floor ready for concrete and septic system   

    11th - The last steel beam and the windows arrive!   


July 2020

    July 23, 2020 - Start of Mechanical   


September 2020

    September 24, 2020 - In-floor Heating

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