Exterior Construction Complete After the trusses are up, the crew from Clint Jensen Construction add the siding, roof, front patio and dormers. Click on the image to view the video....

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We had several accomplishments this week. First our septic tank and drain fields were installed, inspected and covered. There is a bit more work to level the slopes and run a sewer drain connection to the garage corner for us and our visitors to dump RVs. Next, our closed cell spray foam in complete (2" everwhere and flashed over the girts and purlins). Then we had the garage portion painted white-ish to make it look nice and keep the foam from yellowing. Next week we start grinding and polishing the interior concrete.  Septic Done  ...

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After all of the insulation was sprayed in, we started with the concrete floor, and that will be our final finished floor. After gettng some ideas from Wharton Hardware and Supply we rented the biggest grinder that we could. Since it is a three phase tool, we needed to rent a 70KW generator also. The crew from K&C Contruction began work as soon as the equipment arrived. They first did a metal grind at 20 grit, then 50, then 100. Next they applied a "grout sealant" to reduce the porosity of the concrete. Next, they did another grind on the grout sealant. After this, they used a concrete desnsifier that further reduces porosity of the concrete and adds considerable hardness and...

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