We Have a Second Floor....

Well, it doesn't look like there's a second floor, because we only have the second floor.  Side walls are going up today.  You saw the first floor, and then we were waiting on the trusses.  (See previous post for more detail.)  Well they arrived and were added.

So, can you see the difference between the first and second photo?  Not quite the same location, but both photos taken from the driveway .  You can see that the second floor is in place. What you can't see is that the stairs are also there.  

So, in the view below you can see that the first floor is in shadow, because of the second floor.  Having that full floor means we could get up to the second level to see the view.  

This is the view from what will be the porch outside the master bedroom.

Trusses were slow in arriving....

Trusses were manufactured elsewhere and shipped here.  Well, they didn't arrive right when expected, and then, there were also some beams that didn't make it with the trusses, though they were supposed to.

So, we have trusses.

The photo doesn't show all of them, there are two other piles elsewhere on the lot.  If you look closely at the house you can see some trusses are already up.

The missing beams should be here today, so expect the second floor photos after the weekend.

First Floor!

We heard from Nick yesterday (Monday) morning that the framers were on site and working and by 4 pm we'd be able to walk the first floor.  When we arrived, this is what we saw.  As you can guess we were pretty excited.

View from the East

They hadn't finished sheathing the back and when the crew left at 5 it was mostly sheathed, but not completely.

The purpose of the J-bolts that were inserted in the foundation became clear.  They hold the footing, and the frame, to the foundation.  (duh!)

garage side

J-bolts grab the footings and hold them to the foundation

7 trucks of concrete...

Thursday morning, May 22, 2014