Salbato Construction returns

It has been a awhile but we haven't been on vacation or anything. The weather did slow us down a bit and we have been waiting for a few materials but all-in-all we are still moving along. Melissa and her dad got the doors finished. My dad and I finished the lathe and we all got the "Pop-outs" ready to stucco.
The weather this weekend was ugly so we didn't start the stucco till today. We got going at about 11am with melissa's dad churning out bags for us. After we struggled to get the wall the way we wanted I called in the pros. Uncle George and Craig came to the rescue and jumped right in to help. They gave us some lessons and after some practice we will hopefully become pros ourselves.
Praise the Lord that the weather was perfect today. No wind and hot, but not too hot. Awesome. We got more than half of the first coat on today and with some luck it will be done tomorrow.
Next up is the finish coat. Maybe this weekend. If it doesn't snow that is.


Thank God for Family!!! Salbato construction lives on!!!

Still working

We've had a few delays, mostly thanks to the snow storm that moved through the area last week, but we are still making progress. The wire is about 80% done and we are getting ready to start putting the rock and stucco on.
Melissa's brother came down and amazed me with his knowledge of all things electrical. He gave us a big head start with the electrical and hopefully soon we can give the generator a rest.
Dad came by this afternoon and we finished the wire on the front. Melissa and her dad got the doors almost all the way up last week. It is nice to have it sealed in.
As for the house we are still making decisions. Pray that we can get a water tap from the city. We are planning to go to the meeting tomorrow night. We didn't think we would have a chance to get one but because of the wet winter they may open up a few.

Stucco it is!

It took us awhile to decide on what we wanted for an exterior look. I have always liked the look of stucco so I was pleased when we put the numbers together and decided we just couldn't beat the price/look of stucco. We still aren't certain of colors but we have a couple of days to decide that. For now we have started to put the paper and wire on the building. We also got the "Man-Door" installed. (I am sick of that term already) The garage doors came in at direct bye last week and are next on our to-do list.

Shingles!!!

Despite a lot of wind today we got all the shingles on. We started around 10am and finished just before dark. The Salbato/Hammel construction company is tired but happy.

House Update

We've been at it the last few days since the weather has been a little warmer. The sheathing went up on the roof this afternoon despite the wind. Melissa did all the cuts on the ground. My dad did all the work moving the sheets to the roof and I got to play with the nail gun up on the roof. Thank God for dad!
We are hoping to start the shingles on Saturday. We still haven't decided on the siding material and we are making decisions about the house as well.
On another note Mara finished her first "Hooked on Phonics" series today. She is reading better everyday. She will be starting level 2 very soon.

Family Easter

Trinidad

This is one of the reasons I love Colorado. Of course the weather wasn't this great all week. Also the flu-bug found its way here for about the sixth time this winter. We lost a couple of pretty working days but got a bunch done today. It is snowing tonight so tomorrow won't see any work either. Hope everyone has a great day celebrating Christ's Resurrection!