Framing part 4

Kevin and I headed out to the 'house' today to do some cleaning up.  We were happy to see the trusses installed and the front porch/gable as well.  The house seems so big now that there is a semi roof up!
Kevin spent a lot of time picking up the scrap lumber and loading up the truck, and I swept out the sawdust and water from the house.  The sun was shining today and it was semi warm, so the downstairs floor was drying out where the sun was hitting it.  Which is a relief since it has been drenched in water from the get go!  Next up they should be putting the plywood up on the roof then getting ready to install the shingles I believe.  The windows have already arrived so I hope the house gets weather proof quick so it can start drying out.
Here's a few pics from today:

 Side of the garage. This wall is huge!

 Back of the house. I couldn't walk out further because of all the mud.

 The master bedroom, with vaulted ceiling. I  thought the ceiling would be higher. It's hard to tell from the blueprints I guess.

 

Hallway.

Framing part 3

Merry Christmas!!! I hope you all are enjoying the holidays with your family and friends!

As for us we rushed to the mall today to get our girl's holiday pictures taken. Afterward they went to visit Santa.  We had just enough time after that to drive to the property and see the newly delivered trusses.  They were put up on the top of the house but haven't been installed yet.  The entire second floor has been framed though which was amazing!

Here is what we saw today:

 See our windows? :)

 Kitchen.

 Living room, looking into the garage.

 Downstairs half bath.

 I see many hours of bubbly bliss ahead of me...

 Master bedroom, I can't wait to see the vaulted ceiling in here.

 Master bath shower, aka Kevin's shower.

 Standing in the master bedroom, looking into the master bath.

 Our eldest daughter's room.

 Our baby's room.

 Guest bedroom.

 Laundry room, nice view eh?

 Trusses.

 

Upstairs hallway.

Framing part 2

     Wow, a lot has happened on the house in the last three days! We went out today and were surprised to see so much done!  Before they framed the walls, it seemed like our house pad was so small.  We were worried our house would be tiny, but now that the walls are up the rooms are way bigger on the inside.  It was fun to walk through our downstairs and look out our windows and visualize where our furniture will be.  It's definitely beginning to look like a house now! What a great Christmas present!
     This post is mostly about pictures, since that's why everyone reads these blogs anyways. ;)

 Front door.

 Stairs.

 Garage.

 Our view out our dining room windows.

 Standing in the kitchen looking at the living room. I'm so glad we chose to add the extra window, it really opens up the room.

 Our view out our living room window.

 Standing in the living room looking toward the kitchen.

The half bath under the stairs.

 

Looking toward the front of the house, at the dining room and office.

Our first wall!

     Even though not much has happened since my last post, I couldn't help but post a couple of pictures now.  We went out to the property on Saturday to find a WALL! It was very exciting to be able to stand there and look out the window, and see our view.  The whole back wall was assembled too but not put up yet.  It had snowed a little last week so I think that is slowing down the construction.  It's supposed to snow on and off for the next week and a half too.  Adair had told us it takes two weeks to frame the whole house, Tuesday will be the beginning of week two.  So, I highly doubt the rest will be finished in a week.  Thank you very much snow!  But we are still very happy to see the progress!

 

Our front office windows.

The back wall ready to go up!!

I must say I was quite annoyed when I saw this sight.  We have to do the cleanup on the lot and the workers are supposed to toss the stuff to the side for us to pick up. But really? In a puddle? They couldn't find a dry spot to throw the stuff? So now we have to go buy rainboots so we can pick up this mess. Thanks guys! :/



Framing part 1

     Today was the beginning of the framing.  It was supposed to start yesterday but they had to stop because of rain.  The past few days the plumber went out and did the rough-in plumbing and it was inspected and passed.  When we went out today we were really hoping to see some walls up but even though there were none it was still exciting. We were able to see the room lines for the downstairs den, dining room, kitchen and half bath.  Here are some pics:

Standing in the garage looking toward the kitchen. Rough-in plumbing.

Close up of the rough-in plumbing.

Some of the wood delivery. :)

My electrician dad, fixing the temp power pole that was broken and adding a 220v receptical.

 

     The next pictures are the ones that I took today, while the framers were working.  They had put the floor down and were working on getting the walls ready to put up. Yay finally!! :)



Kevin and the girls posing in our living room!

Standing in the living room looking towards the kitchen, half bath is on the left.

The half bath, the hole is where the toilet will be. The sink will be where the saw is.

 Standing in the kitchen looking at the living room.

Looking at the dining room and den. The worker is standing in the hall closet.

I'm not sure what the scaffolding was all about, but it was exciting to watch anyhow! :)

 

     We might head out there this weekend to see the progress that has been made and if we do I'll be sure to get more pics.  We are also on a hunt for tile for the front entryway, bathrooms and laundry room.  So far Home Depot has the best prices and they also have a military discount.  When we make our decision I will post a sample of the tile.

 

Thanks for reading!