Bricks and Morter (and Dormers, Too)

The progress this week has been enormous...but Hurricane Sandy may put a crimp in our forward momentum.  The porches are almost done and they are looking great.  The brick masons are doing an excellent job.

Here's the front porch in progress:

 

 

 

Check back soon for pictures of the "courthouse" style steps to be added in front of the porch.

 

 

Next, the back stairs were built:

 



And, while all this brick laying was going on down below, Rob was busy working up on the roof re-pointing one of the chimneys.  Here's a shot of the job in progress...you can see that this chimney was in bad shape.  The other chimney will also need to be done, but it's not quite as bad.

 And, finally, the framers started building the dormers we are adding to the front of the home on the roof line to give it a little more "street appeal"....First they had to remove the old slate roof shingles (original to the home, but badly damaged):

Then, construction of the dormers began:

And, the next two shots show the completely framed in dormers - hard to tell but each of the dormers has a "hip" roof, which matches the hip roof on the home:

Now, work has stopped for the moment, the "hatches are battoned," and we are waiting to see what the impact of Hurricane Sandy will be.