Well, this isn’t a normal “house update”. The house was updated, but with a few thousand pound branch that crushed my truck, scratched Chrissy’s car, and took off my brand new gutters. Below are some pictures, it happened at about 10:45pm (about an hour and 1/2 ago) on 3/8/2008. I reported 3 claims (yes three) to Allstate. They made me do one claim per car, then one for the house. I’ve herd some horror stories in the past with claims of this nature with Allstate, lets just hope they handle everything correctly.
I do have a question for everyone, this was a branch from my neighbors tree. What do I do? Who’s responsible for the tree cleanup and all of the other expenses?
Sideshow here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/burmjohn/sets/72157604073525656/show/
All pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/burmjohn/sets/72157604073525656/
Yes, the tree is IN my car!
Roof is crushed in, windows smashed, quarter panel is smashed….
Wifes car has a lot of scratches and missing a side mirror now…
Thats one big branch!
Well the siding is 95% done, there is just some minor trim work that needs to be completed. It really came out a lot nicer then I expected. The wider planks and grainy look makes it stand out from regular vinyl siding.
Front View:
Back View:
Me and my Father-in-Law started the Bamboo flooring upstairs. We started in the master bedroom and are working our way into the office. It looks a lot nicer then I had imagined.
Ignore the messy bed and desk!
Other Bedroom Angle
I’ll be working on the office / hallway area’s this week, then into the guest bedroom. Our entire 2nd floor with be Bamboo with the exception of the bathroom & laundry room.
Wew, we have been busy the past few weeks…. From the Holidays to a business trip to Arizona and working on the house. So whats going on right now with the house? I finished up sanding, spackling and painting the master bedroom closet as well as the office over the past 3 weeks. I’ll post some pictures shortly of the progress inside, but for now checkout whats being done outside.
We are in the process of having it sided. Its coming out pretty well! All of the old siding is off, wrapped the house in Tyvek Drainwrap, and started putting on the new siding. We went with a premium siding called Prodigy (http://www.prodigysiding.com/product_features.php) – It has a few nice features:
- R-Value of 5.0
- Inch and 1/2 of insulation – Great for sound proofing too! – Hopefully less road noise
- Looks like wood – has grainy / milled look
Pics of the house getting sided:
Front:
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