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Cutting out for the basement
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Bobcat, John Deere, Excavate, Build a Little, U-BuildIt, Building Sense
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Forming the Basement Walls
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HESTER HOMES
If you feel that the Build a Little program is more than you wish to attempt, then let Hester Homes bid your new home and be taken care of by one of Charlotte's top custom home builders.
View the pictures we have below and journey through the constuction process of homes being built. Enjoy.
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More basement walls . . .Superior Walls installation
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Superior Walls System
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Installing basement slab concrete
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Pouring Concrete, 2500 psi
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Framers on the first day
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Makita, Dewalt, air tools, air compressor, lake front
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Starting the frame, installing the sub floor with Advantek
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Advantec, Advantech OSB Vs. Plytainium Plywood : woodsong , TJI, engineered floor system, boise
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First floor walls going up on first day
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2x4 lumber on first florr walls with osb and dow board sheating. framers have 1st blue sky day.
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Pride of Ownership
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Frame Stage
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Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking
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Stair framing
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Framing craftmanship, Fine WoodWorking
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Framing complete & windows installed
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Pella Windows
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Excellent framing
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custom framing, excellent framing technique, curved wall construction, southern staircase, custom stairs
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Ready for mechanicals
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tyvek house wrap
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Framers show their skill
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Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking
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Dried in with DOW styrofoam Housewrap
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Silverline windows installed
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customer chose silverline windows over pella, andersen, jeld-wen, marvin windows and others and they are carefree windows
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OSB exterior sheathing ready for DOW housewrap
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OSB sheating, Luongo side view
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Ready for brick veneer
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RedLand Brick, Hanson Brick, Robinson Brick Company, Boral Brick, Boren Brick, Glen-Gery Brick, Acme Brick Company, I-XL Industries Ltd.
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Rough plumbing stage
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Copper piping, pvc, polybutelene, pex tubing
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Electrical Rough
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wiring
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Insulating the Home
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Knauf, Johns Manville, DOW, Owens Corning
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Insulated walls coverd with poly
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Owens Corning Fiberglass Insulation
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Hanging the drywall
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Gypsum, Spangler
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Sheetrock around the arch window
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plywood, Pella, jeld-wen, anderson windows & doors
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Hardwood Floors installed
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Bruce Hardwood Flooring, Parador Hardwood Floor, Pergo, Home Depot, Sears, Lowes
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Cabinets installed
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Customer chose from Merillat, southern cabinet company, canac cabinets, KraftMaid, Lowes cabinets, Omega Cabinets, Rideau Cabinets, HomeCrest, and Armstrong choosing Mint Hill cabinets over them all
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Interior Trim Stage
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With Build a Little, U-build it, and that makes perfect BuildingSense. Here is an Owner Builder at the interior trim stage.
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Boren Brick
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Boren Brick, Boral Brick & Hanson Brick
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812 East Park
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Vinyl Siding, CertainTeed Corporation, Wolverine Siding, Alcoa Home Exteriors, Alside
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