Our persimmon trees turn a bright orange- both fruit and leaves. Beautiful and delicious!
Thankfully, the weather has been totally cooperating for the last couple weeks, and, fingers crossed, will continue for a bit longer (sorry to all those people hoping for early snow, i.e. my son!)
The crew has made progress, but it hasn’t been without some hitches. The demo is now complete, and there were many surprises along the way. At one point, we just dodged a bullet of having to take the few remaining walls and roof down, basically starting from scratch. I was not ready to open that can of worms, for fear of not retaining our status as a “remodel”. If we remove more than 50% of the walls (which is very close to what we now have!), it would be considered a new build. That would mean a lot more in permit fees, possibly having to get variances for set backs and adding sprinkler systems in the ceiling. No thank you. Luckily, the contractor and the engineer came up with some retrofit solutions that allowed us to stick to plan– making adjustments to fix the issues.
So the progress is anti-climatic this time because much of it was hidden under the house. They had to set some new piers and tie downs on the foundation, frame in the new addition and do the rough plumbing under the house while it was opened up. This coming week, they plan to finish framing in the walls, and the trusses are due to be delivered on Thursday. Can’t wait to see how the roof line will look!
Side Note: Shout out to the 2016 Faith and Fantasy Ball Committee. I love working on the decorating committee every year- we have developed a great team. I’m also proud to design the invitations and logo for this event for the past many years. This year was the 50 year anniversary of the Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Foundation. To celebrate, the theme was “A Golden Masquerade”. The decor turned out spectacular. The party was amazing.
A reminder to myself in the future: stop signing up for projects with gold glitter ;)! Auburn is lucky to have such a generous community and quality hospital.
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