The second floor is coming along. As you can see the first two dormers (there will be a third on the new bedroom in the rear) are in and the rain and ice shield is in place.
We are currently working on ordering our windows. It has been a long process because of the house being in a the historic district of Marblehead. We have to have all wood, single pane glass windows that look like the old ones. The problem is that nearly all the window makers have moved away from all wood and single pane glass in favor energy efficient multi-pane glass. So we have very limited options. Additionally we have decided to replace every window in the house because many of them are in really bad shape. Why do all this work and then have to replace them later. We also want to get rid of all the external storm windows!
The foundations have been poured which will allow the other areas of framing to start after Thanksgiving. You can see the new entrance to the basement in the photo above. Later on they will pour steps down to the entrance. The new ground level will be about 6 inches below the top of the foundation so there will have to be a set of stairs set into the ground for us to access the basement.
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