Framing Stage!

WOW! The lumber is starting to go up! After they put in the structural steel floor, waterproofed the foundation and installed all the drains, the wood started flying up!

First they have to build up from the foundation and across to make the main level floor.

This crew had a worker who would sing these really loud serenedes in Spanish. He had a great voice and when I asked him why or what for, he said, "Because I'm happy!" This was a good, hard working crew that knew what they were doing!

This early in the process, everything is held up by braces. You can see in this picture the floor over the steel beams isn't done yet... they had to come in and do the floor. This company wasn't too quick or reliable, but they did get the job done... eventually!

Then the outside walls start going up. Some sheathing is put on, but some isn't. We're not really sure what the reason, but they definitely had a system going!

I remember Ryan and I's first reaction when we walked in the framed out family room... THE VIEW! It was everything we hoped and more. It set in stone why we started this whole process in the first place. In John's words, "You guys are never going to leave this place!"

Then the interior walls start getting framed in... but not very detailed.

Just the main walls for each room.

This picture is aweful of my face... but regardless, we are 6 weeks away from our new baby girl coming! The house won't be completed
(we never expected it to be) before the baby comes, but it is still so exciting! John says drywall will be done by September 1st, which is the baby's expected arrival date... so hopefully that timeline is accurate.

Garage floor is poured before all the rest of the concrete. They were suppose to pour a step going down the stairs (top right of photo) but didn't. And they also didn't pour the garage far enough to cover the back door- the door hanger told John, "It's just hanging out in space, that door- just hangin out there!" They'll have to come back to fix both things.


I was kind of bummed that I didn't get any pictures of the trusses being installed. They had all the trusses for the entire house up and braced in one day! There was a big crane (the driver was new and didn't know what he was doing) and it's kind of dangerous. Each truss is specifically built for a certain location and everything has to be placed perfectly.

Putting the sheathing on the roof took two days, when they only expected one. The workers only said to us, "This is a big roof!" Yeah, sorry guys, it is kind of a lot of roof to cover! And they did it on a Saturday when the temp was over 100 F!