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Continuing the start of this project: Pouring the basement floor slab on top of the foam insulation and the “In-floor” heating tubes. Going up from there with the ICF forms …they stack up like life sized “Legos”… Here the insulated concrete form walls are completed and have been filled with concrete. Ready for a subfloor … Read more

Baseball for Ely’s American Legion team this weekend so far: ‏   http://elylegionbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/07/ely-reaches-district-finals.html?spref=tw  http://huismanconcepts.com/

To continue from last weeks post:The next steps are filling in and compacting the inside area under the basement slab and then laying the foam insulation that will force the heat from the in-floor heating system up into the house. Here the dirt is being brought in to the inside of the footings and compacted. … Read more

This past week we broke ground on a new lake home project: Rolling in with the Backhoe… EZ Excavating doing the dirt-work. Jake on the machine, removing debris and starting to dig The hole is dug out and the footings formed. This is the walk-out wall on the lake side of the home. This is … Read more

A story from city hall…a true story, though I may embellish it a little, (this is, after all, my blog and I can do whatever I want here…) I happen to know a wonderful lady, Claire, who works in the city clerks office. In her job there, she deals with people who come in or … Read more

Recently we had an interesting little project to keep busy with for a few days… Scott and Chris did a wonderful job building this stairway to the lake from a log home we built a few years ago. The decking is all Western Red Cedar:  Stepping down from the ground level deck and starting the … Read more

…a fun day at the park yesterday. A small group of volunteers under the direction of Bill Tefft, spent a good chunk of the day installing the long awaited paver paths in Whiteside park by the playground area. The paver product is Azek. It is a really cool recycled plastic product available at Voyageur Lumber … Read more

Sometimes I find a picture of a face that just cries out to be drawn. This was one of those faces. I was intrigued by the reflection in the sunglasses. It could be any guy standing anywhere but you can see by the reflections, he is clearly standing in a dugout at a baseball field. … Read more

I never got around to showing pictures of this deck we finished over the winter on the house that we have been finishing up: The deck is made of Ipe, (pronounced ee-pay). It is a Brazilian Hardwood that is extremely dense and strong, (and incidentally, available locally at Voyageur Lumber in Ely). This deck has … Read more

This is the new granite counter-top install I posted about a few weeks ago…The appliances and plumbing fixtures are in place. The job is completed.  Here are other pictures of the house:http://huismanconcepts.com/custom-home-gallery/cedar-and-stone-cabin/ ____________________________ ________________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/