Framing

We are taking advantage of these “good weather days” because I believe it won’t last too long!

It’s been a week since they dropped off lumber and the steal frames and since then, so much has happened!! They really are doing an amazing job.

They set the steal frames

Our basement is now “dark” 🙂

I stopped up the house last week when they first started framing. Above are pictures of the steal frames set in the basement. Below is the framer’s getting the first floor set. These workers are so in sync with each other it’s amazing to watch. Everyone is doing something different and they don’t run into each other while doing them. It’s pretty cool to watch.

: January 24, 2018

When I went up to the house today I couldn’t believe it! The past 7 months looking at our floor plans on a big piece of paper has came to life. I feel so blessed to be building this house to our exact design. It’s truly a dream come true.

I met Daniel up the lot today to meet someone from the electric company. We first stopped at our soon to be neighbor’s house down the street who happens to be a taxidermist to drop off some friends. 🙂 I can’t believe we live so close. I see Daniel and him becoming good friends in the near future.

These amazing framer’s have just about completed framing of our main floor.

Walking through the house today with Daniel was surreal. I’m not going to lie some of the rooms we both thought looked so much smaller than we anticipated; however, apparently that is normal when it’s first framed. We shall see.

We also had a slight problem with the trusses delivery. They came down our street and stopped at the gate. The driver was concerned she would get stuck. We have a lot of natural rolling streams on our property and since it’s been so warm has made the entrance to our house very “mucky”. We are hoping we can find a solution to get them back there safely. Our framer said that they would need them tomorrow so we might have a slight pause again in building.

To be continued…

1-31-18

So it’s been 2 days since I visited the house and oh my goodness… another big smile on my face as I pulled up. The trusses were delivered safe and sound and the framers are halfway done the second floor! Take a look at these pictures from 2 days difference!

January 29, 2018

January 31, 2018

This is the back of our house. The opening on the left, second floor will be sliding glass doors that open up to our screened in porch. The room in the middle is our two story great room. Both with beautiful vaulted ceilings. The small opening between the two will be a door that leads to the remaining open deck. The opening (window) all the way to the right in the master bedroom. I’m thrilled that we decided to go with a walkout basement. I can’t wait to sit on this deck with a coffee in hand.