We are anxiously awaiting our Summit County plan review and for our building permit to be issued. We are using all this waiting time to try to make some decisions so that we're not holding anything up after the permit is complete and the project starts. Key decisions that we need to make in the next week or so :
1. Windows - We are probably going to go with windows that are constructed from fiberglass (both the sash & the frame). These are incredibly durable and provide a really low rate of heat / cold transfer. At 11,000 feet this isn't an area that we want to skimp. Our builder likes the Weathershield Endurashield line. We are going to try to meet the Weathershield field rep this week so he can show us some samples and we can decide if we like these. Whether we go with Weathershield, Marvin or another line we will have wood interior so that even though the windows are made of fiberglass, they match the rest of the wood interior / trim of the house.
2. Appliances - We have been around in circles on the configuration / style of the appliances quite a few times now. I think we've finally decided that we want to have a 36" pro-style rangetop with six burners with a wall oven & convection / microwave combination unit. We are leaning towards a french door fridge. We have looked at lots of different brands / price points and are leaning toward either GE Monogram or Kitchenaid Pro. We need to finalize this pretty quickly so we can incorporate these dimensions into our cabinet design & plan.
Until the permit is complete, we can't really get started on too much but we can keep shopping & picking out finishes, plumbing fixtures & lighting fixtures. We found a really cool website that we think has some good options for our outdoor lighting : www.barnlightelectric.com
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
There goes the neighborhood
After several years of owning the land and many, many hours of planning my family is finally getting ready to build our mountain cabin. We thought it would be nice to create this blog so that we could track our progress on the project and share it with our friends.
So, to bring you up to date, so far we've selected our architect (Suzanne Allen Guerra) and have worked with her over the last 10 months or so to finalize our plan. We have also selected our builder (Ian Alexander Construction, Inc.) and are awaiting our building permit from Summit County.
The plan for the house is for a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom house in Summit County, Colorado just south of the town of Breckenridge. Here's a view of what the house will look like from the front from the construction drawings :
We're planning to use some interesting materials like galvanized steel that shows up on the drawing as vertical lines. The rest of the exterior will be some pretty beefy cedar siding (2x12) and accented with some douglas fir timber framing.
We're hoping to get our permit in the next couple of weeks and break ground sometime before August 1, 2011. Our 'aggressive' timeline has us completing the project in late spring 2012.
So, to bring you up to date, so far we've selected our architect (Suzanne Allen Guerra) and have worked with her over the last 10 months or so to finalize our plan. We have also selected our builder (Ian Alexander Construction, Inc.) and are awaiting our building permit from Summit County.
The plan for the house is for a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom house in Summit County, Colorado just south of the town of Breckenridge. Here's a view of what the house will look like from the front from the construction drawings :
We're planning to use some interesting materials like galvanized steel that shows up on the drawing as vertical lines. The rest of the exterior will be some pretty beefy cedar siding (2x12) and accented with some douglas fir timber framing.
We're hoping to get our permit in the next couple of weeks and break ground sometime before August 1, 2011. Our 'aggressive' timeline has us completing the project in late spring 2012.
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