Trusses

The framers arrived at 7am, and got to work on the supports over the porch, and I'm not sure what else, but the crane was scheduled to arrive at noon to put up the trusses, so I'm sure they worked all morning getting ready for that.  By the time I got home at 1:30 the crane was just finishing up.  Here's the back view, you can see the porch and the garage.

Another back view- looking from south to north.  Once the crane is gone and the framers leave for the day, I'll go out and see if there's anything else exciting to post about.  :)

More Framing, Part Two

The front wall of the house is about ready to be tipped up, you can see the two windowboxes are framed and on the wall.

A few hours later, they have the north wall up, and the laundry room enclosed.

A wall in the garage getting close.

Close up of the window boxes.  

More Framing

We were happy to be woken up this morning to the sound of the framers working.  Our neighbors were maybe not so happy, but we'll have a party when we move in, and invite everyone as a way to say thank you for putting up with the construction mess and noise.

This picture shows the back porch, and the wall that was built last time but not tipped up yet.

They're building the north side of the house, right now he's working on the window box in our bathroom.  

This is the wall from the first picture (with the door that goes from the back porch into the kitchen) and a new wall that looks into the laundry/mud room.

Hopefully we'll update again tonight- they said they should get all of the exterior walls up today.

Main Floor Framing: Evening Edition

From the south, this shows the smaller kitchen window (over the sink), the dining area/great room, and master bedroom in the corner.

From the north, there's another wall ready to be put up next to Kyle's feet.  Tomorrow ought to be even more exciting.

Main Floor Framing - Morning Edition

The framers finally showed up and before I left for work this morning, they had put up one wall on the southeast corner of the house.

Bedroom and great room wall.

Those windows are HUGE!

So I guess we will see how much they do today - will post again tonight on the progress.

Basement Framing Party

 Kyle and several friends spent the day framing in the basement.  They started around 7 am and didn't stop until it got too dark to see.  The pictures don't do it justice, but it looks so great, that I almost want to just finish the basement and move in, even if they don't have the main floor framed yet.  We were hoping to see the upstairs framers on Thursday, then Friday, then today, but we were happy to see so many friends who came to help with the basement.

The window will be where CP's room is, then his closet, and a utility room, then a bathroom, then part of the family room.

This is the west wall of the family room, and the door to the stairs.

Here's another view of CP's room, and you can see where the missing wall to finish off the hallway.

This is the last wall of the family room- it got too dark to finish it tonight.

This is looking from the family room down the hall to the bathroom and bedrooms.

Cement in the Garage