Our Sunroom Construction
16ft x 16ft sunroom, 18ft x 20ft Trex deck and major landscaping
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Grout Day - The tiles were grouted this morning and the sunroom is closed up with the heater running to assist in the drying process. We will have full access tomorrow morning and will set up a shelving unit and the hanging chair. Other than that, the furniture plan is TBD. We cleaned up the construction remnants in the garage this afternoon, and Sharron has regained her parking space.
Applying silver grout
Grouted floor, ready for occupancy tomorrow
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The remaining tiles were installed today, and will be ready for grouting tomorrow. We look forward to being able to use the sunroom on Friday.
The sunroom contractors caulked the remaining windows on the west side this morning. We still have four temporary windows on the west wall, waiting for the delivery of the permanent glass windows.
Sealing window frames
Scoring and snapping porcelain tiles
Tiles completed and ready for grout tomorrow
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Tile & Irrigation Day
Our landscape designer worked most of the day installing the water drip line system for all of our new trees and plants. The water flow is controlled by an automatic timer that is easy to program. The main water line is 1/2" hose with various sizes of emitters installed at each tree and plant to deliver the desired amount of water.
Sunroom prepped for tile installation
Tile cutting tool
Trimming tile
Applying mortar
Completed area
15% remaining area
1/2" Main drip line
Programmable water flow timer
Four-port manifold
Routing line through PVC pipe under walkway
Attaching emitter to rose plant
15 liter per hour emitter
Drip line routed to all trees and plants
Monday, September 26, 2022
Durock Day
- Wipe entire sub-floor with a damp sponge
- Secure the existing sub-floor with additional screws
- Apply mortar to the sub-floor
- Apply 1/4" thick 3 ft x 5 ft Durock cement boards
- Secure Durock with 1-1/2" screws
- Tape all seams
- Spread mortar on all seam tape
Mixing mortar
Keraflex mortar
Wiping down sub-floor
Setting Durock panels on mortar
Securing Durock with 1-1/2" screws
Taping seams
Spreading mortar on seam tape
Completed floor with dry mortar, ready for tiles
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Final day of landscaping
Landscaping day 6 - The four-man crew arrived before 10am with two trees and more mulch. A second truck with a two-man crew arrived soon after with a load of sod. They worked until 3:30pm to finish installing all trees and plants, topsoil and mulch. They also finished some fine-tuning of the walkways and spread grass seed next to the path to the driveway. We all agree that the results are magnificent! Who would imagine such a transition was even possible in just six days?
7:30am, before the crews arrived
Tree delivery
Spreading topsoil
Hydrangea macrophylla
Sod
Spreading pellitory plants
Bracing dogwood tree
Cleaning up and working ground stone between slabs
End of day
The evolution of the backyard: July 26 - September 24
Windows! We were surprised today with the delivery of the last four glass windows for the west wall. Unfortunately, three of the four windo...
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Landscaping Day 5 - The 4-man crew arrived at 9:45 with a truckload of mulch and more plants. They completed the pathways and retaining wall...
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Landscaping day 4 - A large pile of topsoil was deposited on the street in front of our house early this morning. A four-man crew arrived at...
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Day 26 - There were no installers yesterday, but the electrician worked today to finish the rough-in wiring in preparation for the inspectio...











































































