More framing action

Here is the result of our quest for the perfect brick by my pretty wife and I. We picked a hand tumbled ole orleans style brick. The catch is the added tariff for transportation of this brick all the way from Macon Georgia. Still quite a beauty though we broke the budget on this line item!

Another view of the front elevation. The window on the front of the garage needs to be lowered so that they are at the same height as the other windows on the front of the house. With my expert framers this will be no problemo.

Progress as seen from the street view. We had some good rain storms the day before and the soil was moist. We situated the slab so that it is turned away at a slight angle from the driveway.
This is the latest picture of the garage and backside of the house. Note the dormer framing on 2nd story. Soon the stairway will be in place which will give us our first views from above.
This view of the rafters above the family room. We raised the ceiling to 12 feet to give it a spacious feel. The 3 windows in the background will be sized 4060 (4" wide and 6" tall) fixed picture windows with transoms windows up top.
Here is my little one with a new found bed for her baby. Such a cutie!

Framing and other fun stuff

Here are a few pictures of the project. The first are prepour shots of the cabling that went into the slab. Then several pictures of the framing along the way. Enjoy though the commentary is limited! May have time to revise in the days to come.

This first shot is of the master bedroom ceiling - very cool.



Here is the garage now with the joist for the 2nd floor. The framers are so quick.


First shot of the framing....a good days work on a Friday.






Trenches and cabling looking from the back side of the garage towards the main entry.



Here we have the back porch which will have a slight angle for run off

Time to Pour

Here are the concrete trucks lined up to pour concrete. It started in pitch dark but at the last minute left my camera at home, had to make a return trip to fetch it, and so these pictures were from a bit later in the morning. Still got some great pictures. The concrete plant is just 3 miles from the house site so the coordination was great.

This spot light helped the job start at 5 a.m. This picture is from the day before. BTW...I somehow lost my cell phone that evening while laying some last minute flexible conduit. Thanks to my wonderful wife loaning me her phone, I was able to track down the phone in a trench ...otherwise it would have been buried below a ton of concrete just a few hours later.


This is the pumper and remote operator who worked the controls like a conductor directing an orchestra. See the video for the action.


Here are the guys smoothing out after pouring. This was a constant exercise all through out the 3 hour pour. In total it took 152 loads of concrete to do the job. The estimate of 150 loads was nearly perfect.





This device smoothed the slab to a shiny finish. It just about looked like glass it was so smooth.


This video shows how it all got done. Enjoy!