Sunday, June 28, 2009

TRUSSES!

Most of the trusses went up this week. They needed the crane to put up 2 huge beams that support the left side of the second floor. So, they put those up and now they can finish framing the second floor. Then they put the garage and great room/dining room trusses up. They will finish framing the entry/stairway and second floor next week and hope to have the crane back to finish up the trusses. They also plan to pour the concrete floors in the lower level and garage. I'm working on getting the power and phone into the site. Yikes, that's a kid's college fund! I'm still working with my designer to pick stuff out AND stay in budget--that's the hard part. She says that I'm doing remarkably well even though I feel like everything is over. Bret and I are trying to contain the overage chaos. Enjoy the pics! More soon!


Front of garage with bonus room above. I can't wait for those 10' doors so I don't worry about banging the Suburban on the garage or Bret's car!


Only one wall is framed on the entry/stairway (and it's not done yet). The door on the left is the door into the mudroom (and there'll be a transom window to the right of it). The small square one is the powder room.


Holy cow it's high! But just wait until the second floor trusses are on!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

First floor walls started

This is the house from the back yard with the dining room patio door on the left, then kitchen window, then master bedroom.

Maren and Sadie in front of the house. The door from the mudroom to the garage is on the far left, with the master bedroom, kitchen window, dining room patio door and window on the right.

First Floor Trusses are on!

The basement with the trusses on.

The other half of the basement.

The top side

The sub floor is going on.

The Start of Framing

The builder and his 2 co-workers starting to frame the basement walkout wall.



The floor trusses for the whole house

Ground Source Heat Pump

They had to dig a really big hole (100' x 50' x 8' deep) to put in the 8 coils of tubing needed for the ground source heat pump. It will eventually turn into our back yard/soccer field.


1/3 of the giant hole


One of the 8 coils