Construction Day 025

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Not a lot of visible progress today. Some more sheathing on the rear of the house. However, a little bit of a setback in that the majority of the treated plywood needs to be replaced so that it wraps the LVL girders rather than being above them on the three sides of the house with deck/porch.

The master bedroom is the second floor framing extending toward the front porch.

Parallax is crazy! Makes the front steps look unlevel.

Nice smooth grade on the west side of the house.

Looking through the huge master WIC and sewing area to the rear of the house.

West side of house looking north toward Pages Creek.

Construction Day 024

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Another awesome day of framing on the second floor! It is really beginning to look like a house. And from the front, it looks like the old house (which is the effect we were after in getting the design work done).

The master bedroom is huge and there is an alcove on the northeast corner off the master for reading, sewing, computers, or whatever. It is not framed yet, but you can see the entryway near the center of this photo.

Construction Day 023

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It's going up, up, up! Second floor framing is well underway. We expect to get the ground-level plumbing done this week as well.

Next three are panoramic from east to west from the area of the master bedroom door to the master deck.

Hall way looking toward the rear from the master bedroom.

Construction Day 022

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Another good work day resulting in the installation of the second floor framing trusses and about 2/3 of the second floor sub-floor. Looks like the framing contractor left his crew to close up and was coming back for the plans and trailer keys.

Part of the knee wall needs to be pulled back into place by the tie-back. I guess it has to be done slowly by turning the nut a few turns at a time. It is still about 2 inches out of line.

Trusses in place as viewed from the east wall.

Second floor sub-flooring.

Construction Day 021

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Not a lot of visible additions today; side deck pilings were cut off to height needed for the railing, porch pilings extended to accommodate a beam for extending the roof, trusses were delivered for second story floor framing.

Construction Day 020

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Wow! The framing crew must have worked this morning to make up for the rain day they had this week. Sheathing is on the west wall, steps and landing to the second floor are in, and Gail (the construction superintendent) marked the 1st floor naming the rooms and showing bathroom fixture locations. We are STOKED!

Below are the head-high views standing about three steps below the top of the first floor top plates.

Gail's message to the crew.

Construction Day 019

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Another great framing day! However, the retaining wall contractor discovered the need for tie-backs in two areas of the wall running from the house to the driveway. Trusses for the second floor are scheduled to arrive Monday and most of the first floor wall framing is done. Treated plywood has been applied around the base of the walls where decking joins the walls.

Construction Day 018

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Yesterday was a down day due to rain so today was Construction Day 018. Three exterior walls are up for the first floor and a couple of interior ones are up. The front wall is framed but not standing. There are steps going to the front porch and most of the drain around the retaining wall is in.

Below is the the view looking through the front door into the dining room and kitchen.

Below is the living area and adjacent bath (no wall between them yet).

The view below is looking straight out the front door.