The roof is finally complete. The weather broke it is 55 degrees. I hope it got warm enough to seal the shingles.

There is a sea of mud around the house about 6 inches thick. Under that the soil is frozen. Since the finish grading is not done yet water is channeled into the outside stairs to the basement. The basement now contains the electrical box so flooding would be a setback. I need to power on and a sump pump running.

Across the street is a vacation home of a Russian/American family from Staten Island, Micheal and Fieana. They are very frendly and welcoming to the neighborhood. The other neighbor is Kim an employee of the Home owners Association (HOA). She is the HOA Nazi. She calls security if my contractors are onsite at 5:01PM. According to the rules they must be gone by 5:00. When I win the lottery I will buy her house and stage an impressive building implosion.

The electrical service has passed inspection. Now we need to get the power company to set the meter and run their wires in the undergound conduit to the transformer then we will have constuction power. However, there is a load restriction of 20,000 lb on the privtate roads of the subdivision till Apr 15. the power company says it does not apply to them. They want to come within a week. The HOA says $1000 fine for violation of this rule.

A wire needed to be run from the outlet box near the front door to where the ceiling fan will be on the ridge beam. I drilled a hole in the ridge then pushed a wire through. I pulled it along the ridge and down through the front gable which is frame and log siding. Below the gable the logs were drilled for the wire.

Here is the view from the front balcony above the front door.

Roof sheathing is complete but shingles are not yet installed. Underground electric service was installed. The box in the basement has 1 breaker for 2 outlets for construction power. I will be able to run the rough electric myself.

To get power to the loft outlets I routed a groove in a beam above the first floor bedroom to a groove in the log wall where the loft floor will insert.

A tunnel between the loft and the future bedroom over the garage and a dormer that will contain the upstairs bathroom.

Two windows above the garage, 2 skylights are not yet installed but onsite. A small window in the downstairs bedroom is still on order and will not be delivered for 2 weeks.