timelapse archive
Submitted by Alan on Mon, 06/12/2006 - 23:18.
This page will contain some various timelapse video archives prior to and during the house remodel. See below for an archive history.
Tech Note: Because of the awesome job it does at compressing the video, I have chosen to use Apple's H.264 encoder inside the Quicktime wrapper. Soz to the WMP fanboyz, but QT rox. This also means that to view this video, you need at least QuickTime version 7. If you don't have Quicktime 7, you won't see anything below.
The Latest
August 15, 2006
Very little cat in today's video. But, the floor makes it all the way to the visible camera area. Progress is steady and of high quality. It's hard to tell in the picture, but our foundation is low on the right (outside) wall. From the floor joist to the wall, just over four feet, the floor drops over 1 inch! Anway, we love the new floor. It will be so much cleaner than the nasty linoleum and carpet.
Downloads
Downloading allows you to modify playback, go full-screen, and more easily stop-frame. You usually have to right-click (ctrl-click or click-and-hold for the Mac users who haven't bothered to get a real mouse) and select "Download link" or "Save Target As" depending on your browser.
| June 10, 2006 Â 2.7MB |
A little bit of everyone near the end of the day, after three services for Alan running sound, then the Hortor's goodbye party at Friends Center, then time with friends for dinner, and finally back home to do some yard work. |
| June 12, 2006 Â 2.5MB |
Some sun, some rain, a little bit of Toby. Watch the rain make the doug fir droop into the camera around 3:30. Michelle and Alan spend the evening emptying out shelves in the garage and staging them on the back patio in preparation for construction. |
| June 13, 2006 Â 1.9MB |
Again, another fairly drab day with some small glimpses of sunshine. I make a brief appearance at 6:45AM just prior to leaving for work; not sure what I was doing and that was only yesterday... Lots of frames of the kids playing after school including one frame @ 3:49 which looks like the baseball is headed for the camera! :). |
| June 15, 2006 Â 2MB |
It's the last day of school and a half day at that. And that means it's time to put up the tent for family sleep-out. The tent seems to pop up out of nowhere, and then the dark evening shows fun with flashlights inside the tent. |
| June 18, 2006 Â 2MB |
A nice quiet Sunday morning. We slept in the tent again last night. I don't run sound today. The mid-afternoon brings down the tent after being up for four days. The now yellowing grass thanks us. In the evening, Brynn rakes up the flattened grass before I come by with the mower. At 7:51, I sit in a chair and wave at the camera because my brother calls and wants me to wave at him over the live feed. |
| June 19, 2006 Â 2MB |
Nothing visible happened with the remodel today, but Holy Cow!, look at all the kids that were over. The yard was teeming with friends aged 4-10 for several hours. |
| June 26, 2006 Â 3.4MB |
Real work. Finally. Watch the ladders and workers move in synchronization as the roof is removed. About 9:24a. the camera was switched to 1-minute frame captures. Methodically, the trusses are removed, one by one. |
| June 27, 2006 Â 3.5MB |
Although not nearly as dramatic as yesterday's teardown on video, today's work was still exciting and productive. The most dangerous moment was early in the morning when the 1500lb glu-lam beam was jacked into place. That's just barely visible in the video about 3ft back from the front of the garage. Then, most of the work was done just above the garage level getting the joists into place. The workers are visible the most when laying the decking for the second floor. The family makes appearances in the early evening, inspecting the work. |
| June 28, 2006 Â 3.5MB |
Another big day with exciting views from the webcam. It's a real construction day again, with all four major walls of the second floor going up in preparation for the truss delivery on Thursday morning. You can't see the walls themselves initially as they are being built on the deck and then lifted into place. As they are also sheeted ahead of time, this makes them quite heavy and difficult to lift. You can see that the main side wall facing the camera was actually built in two halves. |
| June 29, 2006 Â 3.3MB |
A lovely day, weather-wise. It starts out normal, but then the camera is moved to the peak of my neighbor's roof to look over the walls and somewhat into the second story rooms. The interior walls are built and the trusses are dropped. It may not sound like a lot, but it sure kept everyone busy. |
| June 30, 2006 Â 3.5MB |
The trusses get rolled and the roof gets sheeted. At the end of the day, the remaining exterior gaps are sheeted. |
| July 1, 2006 Â 3.2MB |
Well, we're rather back to the boring stuff again. With the outside of the house completed now except for siding and gutters, there really isn't much left to see on the ol' construction cam. The activities completed this day are the roof facia and windows get installed. Inside, a lot of electrical was completed, which is why the timelapse shows hours of the same frame while the power was out. |
| July 7, 2006 Â 3.1MB |
Sunny all day long today. While I move the camera to the neighbor's roof, there's several frames of randomness before it settles down again. Today, we get some roofing action going. The 2-1/2 day job got started mid-morning and by day's end, there was roofing felt down over most of the roof, ready for laying down shingles mid-way through the next day. |
| July 12, 2006 3.1MB |
What a day to roof! It was not pretty. Drizzle and downright rain, and the roofers just kept at it. The backside of the house was 90% completed in just the first hour. EXPLICIT: One of the roofers is fairly young and an obvious fan of the Shorts Which Fall to My Knees crowd. After mid-day, you can see the siders finish up on the back of the house. |
| July 26, 2006 2.4MB |
It took a large part of the day, but by sundown, all of the siding was completed on the front of the house. Siding is now 100% complete. Yipee! |
| July 30, 2006 2.0MB |
Today's video starts out at midday, just because nothing happened in the morning. It goes by pretty quick, becaue I'm so fast, you see... but Alan paints the roof trim (or fascia or barge boards) a nice Teton Blue. |
| August 12, 2006 2.0MB |
It's time for some inside construction! The bottom floor is being replaced throughout, so the laminate flooring in the dining area and kitchen needs removing first. This is quite a chore without, even with the right tools. Flaky MDF board and ring shank nails make for back-breaking working. |
| August 13, 2006 1.9MB |
A little more cleanup today of the new dining room and kitchen floors to prep for tomorrow's installation. Vacuuming, painting, removing small nails in the floor and listening for squeaky flooring are all on the plate today. |
| August 14, 2006 3.3MB |
Check out the high-speed install of hardwood flooring. Amidst the woodworking, you'll see kids from Backyard Bible School coming and going with Michelle and Elizabeth. Pay close attention to the antics of the cat today. He is all over the place, doing strange things. It even caught him on the counter, naughty kitty. All the downstairs furntiture gets piled into the dining room to make room for the hardwood elsewhere. It looks even better in person. |
| August 15, 2006 3.7MB |
Very little cat in today's video. But, the floor makes it all the way to the visible camera area. Progress is steady and of high quality. It's hard to tell in the picture, but our foundation is low on the right (outside) wall. From the floor joist to the wall, just over four feet, the floor drops over 1 inch! Anway, we love the new floor. It will be so much cleaner than the nasty linoleum and carpet. |
Ok, these are ALL so cool...
but today's is just beyond cool. You gotta pat yourself on the back for doing this construction cam. That time lapse is just about the cooles thing I've ever seen! I just told Elaine I finally found someone who's a bigger geek than me...and I mean that as the hugest comment possible! ;)