the different phases of a job…

We are close to being enclosed on the familyroom/kitchen addition and are getting ready for shingles. That means our first phase is almost complete!

The second phase will be concentrating on completing the interior framing and remodel.

This will seem like it will not go as fast as the exterior. Even though we continue to accomplish lots of things each day, the interior work "appears" to go slow.

I always like to pre-warn our customers when they come home each day during frame-up and it looks like so much has been accomplished, I will tell them…wait till we move inside, you will be asking what did you do today! ...


"What they failed to realize, in their innocence, was the fact that the first stages of any building work are rapid and quickly apparent. It is the last stages which are so maddeningly prolonged, when plasterers wait for plumbers, and plumbers wait for electricians, and decorators wait for the right paint and wallpaper, and the owners wait to get into the place, with the growing conviction that the mad-house will claim them first."  ~Tyler’s Row by Miss Read

This is also the phase of the job that starts to encroach on the customer’s daily routine.
Things like making a makeshift kitchen in your laundry room or doing dishes in the bathroom. Dust getting into places you had no idea how it could.

Things can start to get interesting. As the days go by, more strangers are in your home, more noises and banging and all sorts of different music coming from several radios. It can seem at times like pure chaos. But don’t worry. It is really very orchestrated. Everything in its time and in its place. It will all fit together.

It is always our goal to make this phase of the job go as smoothly as possible. Yes it disrupts your life, yes it gets dirty, and yes you will get tired of us in your home. But remember the most important thing…the completed project will be worth all the hassles.

So sit back, watch us do what we do best and know that this phase will pass and you will be one step closer to that finished dream!

We will help you love where you live!

~ The Carpenter.