Addition | Roof Trusses Part 1

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Without a doubt, the best day of renovation so far was getting our lumber delivery for the big ol’ roof trusses. The roof went up pretty quickly as shown in this little video.

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What they don’t tell you about home renovations

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Or maybe they did tell you. If you were young and naive like us, you just didn’t listen. I’m here to tell you, for the record — they were right. Renovations are hard.

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Addition | Framing Floors & Walls

Finally we have some walls! And it was well-worth the wait. Once the lumber arrived, we wasted no time getting to work. Our crew put in some long hours to make this all happen.

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Addition Demo | Phase 2: Roof

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We’re raising the roof! Literally. But first we needed to level that roof. We made a timelapse video to capture it. And we’ve never appreciated having a roof over our heads more.

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Addition Demo | Phase 1

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Ready to roll, we had our building permit and blueprints in hand. But the hardest challenge, we’d learn, was finding a builder.

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Pulling Permits with the City

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Finalizing Blueprints

Without blueprints, there was no real way to see if this addition would fly. We needed to take the plunge and pay for an architect and then shop our plans around. But we also needed to get the city’s sign off.

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How We Became General Contractors

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DIY’ing our Addition

We may not be licensed GCs, but we are, in a nutshell, in the thick of general contracting our own addition. We didn’t envision it this way, but I’ll try to bring you up to speed on how it happened.

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Big News!

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Maybe you’ve noticed we’ve been pretty quiet all year. There are a few reasons for this, but I think we’re finally ready to share some big news about a new addition to our little home.

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