The Guts Are Complete: Air, Insulation, Sheetrock and a Hole for the Pool

published Jan 20, 2017

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Welcome to The Stacked Barn project where I lead you through a year-long odyssey that I’ve never been on before: the building of a new house. I’m going to show you how my new home gets built – step by step. This is Chapter Six.

I have to apologize for not posting in awhile. While the house has been steadily moving along, the last three months were not nearly has dramatic as the previous ones, and I kept looking for something visually amazing to post. A highlight is the pool above, which was really cool to see created, but the main guts of the house — from wiring to plumbing, followed by insulation and then sheetrock — took a few months and were hard to photograph. But take a look below!

Chapters:

Read the complete story of the Stacked Barn so far

Chapter 1: Honey, I Tore Down The House!
Chapter 2: Awaiting Destruction, Wasn’t The Empty House Beautiful?
Chapter 3: The Inspiration for The Stacked Barn
Chapter 4: Wow! Basement to Barn In Sixty Days
Chapter 5: Shingles, Windows & Doors: OMG, It Looks Like a House!

Resources:

Architect: John Berg, Berg Design Architecture
Contractor: Peter Germano
Interior Design: Rebecca Robertson

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The Pool Is Dug, Lined with Rebar & Sprayed

October 2016

(Image credit: Eric Striffler)

(Image credit: Maxwell Ryan)

Downstairs Walkthrough, October 2016

Here you walk through the ground floor, end to end, starting in the kitchen, passing through the living room and ending at the two guest rooms at the end of the hallway.

The Basement Is Where all the Air Flows Starts and Ends

(Image credit: Maxwell Ryan)

Upstairs Walkthrough, October 2016

Here you walk up the stairs and get to peer around at the office in the middle and the two master bedrooms on either side. You end up looking out the window at the back yard on a rainy day in October.