Quitman Phase 1 Garage

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  Martha's pretty handprint & date
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  Fence installation at north property line
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  North fence posts being installed
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  South fence holes dug
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  New walk & curb protection
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  New walk & driveway entrance
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  Placing concrete in ROW new walk
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  Placing concrete in city's Right of Way (ROW)
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  Loading concrete into trailer to recycle
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  Existing concrete driveway demolition
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  Removing debris
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  Lifting slab
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  Preparing to lift slab
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  Breaking concrete in existing driveway with hydraulic hammer
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  Removing insulation blankets
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  Sunny, warm & 53 degrees
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  Driveway approach
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  Accessible pad
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  Insulated blankets removed from new sidewalk
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  Safety control cones
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  Old driveway to be removed
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  Leveling concrete
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  Placing concrete around tree root drains
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  Placing & vibrating concrete
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  Placing & vibrating concrete
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  Concrete delivery trucks
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  Tamping road base after wetting
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  Cleaning tamper plate - area to the right has been wetted and tamped
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  Adding road base
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  Tree drains in place to catch water for tree roots
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  Doweling steel into foundation wall
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  Cutting exact grades
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  Forms for man door walkway
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  Forms set
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  Line pump for concrete
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  Line for added walk to patio
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  Driveway prep
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  Digging in drainage pipes
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  Insulated attic access cover to be installed
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  Thanks to Keith, the Master Mason
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  Stone started
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  Interior is ready for paint
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  Interior is ready for paint
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  Interior is ready for paint
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  Exterior paint completed
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  Exterior paint in progress
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  Exterior paint in progress
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  Exterior paint starting
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  Siding caulked
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  Roof in progress
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  Installing roof
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  Roof with ice & water shield
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  Roof is stocked
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  Roof being stocked
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  Garage door & opener are installed
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  Base trim added
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  Drywall finishing
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  Drywall finishing
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  Electric heater & door sealed for better drywall application & drying
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  New garage floor is protected & drywall installed
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  Initial smoothing of the surface with float
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  Initial smoothing of the surface with float
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  Leveling concrete
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  Crew spreading concrete
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  Lifting wire into concrete
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  Lifting wire into concrete
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  Concrete being placed
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  Wire in concrete
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  Concrete truck operator
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  Rowlock flashing for stone drip edge
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  Trim starting on east wall
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  North wall trim detail
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  Window flashing
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  Window flashing details
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  Window flashing details
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  First row of siding installed
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  Scaffold set for siding
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  Scaffold for fascia & soffit
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  Prep garage floor with perimeter insulation
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  Wall insulation being installed
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  Rigid insulation cut to fit garage perimeter
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  Two inch R-13.1 rigid insulation
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  Soffit vent holes
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  Insulation baffles in place for attic blown-in insulation
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  Wall insulation delivered
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  Area marked for concrete cutout
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  Electrical trench to garage
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  Trenching for electrical
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  House wall marked for electric J-box for fence gate
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  Conduit and J-box for gate
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  Sidewalk safety measures
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  Sidewalk safety measures
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  Sheathing almost complete
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  Nailing off roof sheathing
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  Trusses in place
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  Roof trusses ready to place OSB
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  Single truss placement
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  Rear gable end being set
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  Boom truck in place
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  Truss gable end assembled and ready to set
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  Trusses delivered
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  Truss delivery truck
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  OSB sheathing for roof
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  Structure is ready for trusses
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  Wall bracing for setting trusses
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  Sheathing ready for inspections (nails)
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  Insulation space at window header
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  Garage door header with insulation space
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  Window and door openings framed
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  Framed wall north wall sheathed
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  Exterior north wall after sheathing
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  West exterior wall sheathed
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  South wall sheathed
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  South wall before wall sheathing
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  Driveway road base being graded
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  Driveway road base being placed
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  Driveway road base being leveled
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  Driveway road base being placed
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  Compacting backfill
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  Compacting backfill
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  Backfill half way
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  Adding fill in the garage
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  Plates on south wall
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  Joints bolted on both sides
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  South wall bolts within 10 inches of the end of the plate
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  Sill sealer foamed in place
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  Bolts & 3-inch square washer being installed
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  Bolts & 3-inch square washer being installed
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  Bolts & 3-inch square washer being installed
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  10 inches x one-half inch expansion bolts for bottom plates
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  Details for engineer
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  Details for engineer
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  Bottom wall plates being placed
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  Lumber pack delivered
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  Checking top of foundation level
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  Top of wall before grinding
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  Stripping forms
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  Bolts being set after wall in place
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  Concrete before leveling
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  Placing concrete into forms
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  Pump set up
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  Concrete arrival at site
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  Final steel adjustments
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  Walls braced before concrete placed
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  Walls braced before concrete placed
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  Steel top row to top of wall
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  Steel in walls
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  Interior forms being placed
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  Exterior forms being placed
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  Bollards in place to protect gas meter
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  West wall ties before steel
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  Steel in place on south wall
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  Completing exterior panels
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  Setting forms
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  Panels laid out
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  Finishing top of footing
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  Pumping last section
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  Pumping concrete into forms
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  Pumping concrete into forms
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  Line pump in place
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  Concrete company
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  Concrete arrival
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  UFER measurement
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  UFER measurement
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  Vertical rebar being placed
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  Rebar cross bars
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  Rebar placement
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  Forms in place
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  Installing forms
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  Start of forming
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  Footing forms being set
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  Footing materials being off loaded
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  Installing waddles for erosion control
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  Installing waddles for erosion control
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  Top of foundation is set by surveyors
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  Staked - ready for excavation
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  Rear southwest property corner being pinned
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  Survey crew setting north rear property corner pin
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  South side toward new garage location before excavation
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  Street facing new driveway before excavation
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  North property line before excavation
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  Existing driveway
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  Front elevation before