Well, I had a little chance to swing by the property and it looks like all the prep is completed for the ICF litedeck. HVAC will be coming in this week to mark where they need holes for air supply and returns so they can be blocked off from the concrete pour. A pumper truck is scheduled for this Thursday so we'll finally have a first floor!
You can see a bit of the curved form under the plywood cover. I think they put it there to block out some of the rain we've been getting.
Another layer of ICF was added to the elevator shaft and a frame was built to hold this inner layer together. There's gotta be a door in there, so I think it's just to protect from over spray or something. Nice that there's a "beam" right at the exit of the elevator.
I didn't get a chance to see what they did under the gazebo before they capped it off with the Lite deck. You can see some of the dirt they displaced from the backyard, so I think they backfilled and leveled off the retaining wall inside. I was hoping to get some pea gravel in there, but that might be a future project for me. I think they still need to put a "halo" of ICF or some kind of form on the perimeter to contain the pour.
Inside shot of the curved form. It's attached right to the steel wall studs. Looks like the concrete is going to be poured right on the curved steel wall.
Another shot of the stairwell forms. You can get a better idea of how the concrete will flow on the floor above. It's really going to be amazing to walk around on the first floor this weekend!
Looking up the elevator shaft. The floor is higher than the level of the first floor, so it's not there for move in. Sometimes when people have elevator shafts, they don't install the elevator right away so they install a "temporary" floor and use the shaft as a closet or storage space. We're still working out the financial aspect of having the elevator right away.
One last shot of the stairwell.
So we're meeting with an interior designer this Wednesday for our first meeting. We'll go over initial design ideas. I'll give more details when we get the ball rolling.
I've also contacted an entertainment installer for AV/sound/data install and lighting automation in addition to security. We're planning lighting controls for the kitchen, great room, foyer, master bedroom and bath, dining room, and gazebo with house sound running to those same rooms. If you don't know, standard lighting has a line running from the circuit breaker panel in the basement to a switch on the wall in the room you want to control. A line goes from the switch to all the lights in the room in series, one switch per series of lights. In a room like the kitchen, you could have three or four switches controlling as many lighting series (over head, under cabinet, pendant, eating). A lighting control system replaces the bank of switches with a low voltage, multi button switch that runs to a controller in the basement. The power then runs from the controller to the lights. That way, you can program any switch to control any light. From there's it a simple matter to connect the lighting controller to an automation controller so you can control lights from a remote or smart phone. Every room isn't going to be wired this way as only the more complex rooms require it. The audio distribution will allow us to pipe music to any wired room. The quote also includes surround sound for the great room. The initial quote has a soundbar for the front channels, individual in ceiling loudspeakers for the rear left and right and an wall subwoofer. I'm pretty sure these will also be connected to the house distributed audio.
Maybe things will start picking up? We're at the end of August now!
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