Landscape Fabric

Day #36

August 12, 2018 – To dress up the area under the kitchen and porch addition we placed landscape fabric. On top of this will go 2″ of limestone. This will serve to keep us out of the mud while framing.  It will also keep the weeds from growing under the porch in the future.

With the landscape fabric in placed I continued floor framing with a ledger board under the living room door. The new ledger boards are secured by drilling completely through the existing oak beams. They are bolted from the underside of the cottage with hot dipped galvanized bolts. It’s a little freaky crawling under the cottage. The dreaded Polyphemus moth caterpillar, spiders, hellgrammites,  black snakes, copper heads…….I did smell cucumbers!

Late afternoon we got everything all cleaned up and ready for next weekends stone delivery. Plus we did a sneak peek review of the new siding and roof colors. There will be more on that selection later. Stay tuned….

Landscape Fabric
Sub-grade preparation with landscape fabirc.
Ledger Board - Living Room Door
Ledger board under living room door.
Under Cottage - HDG Bolts
Hot dipped galvanized bolts underneath the cottage.
Under Cottage - HDG Bolts
Hot dipped galvanized bolts underneath the cottage.
Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar
Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar
Ledger Board - Living Room Door
Ledger board under living room door.
Ledger Board - Along Living Room
Ledger board along the living room.
Sub-grape Prep / Floor Framing
Sub-grade landscape fabric prep and floor framing.
Siding & Roofing Colors
Color samples for the new siding and roofing.

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