Still framing

 Framing the upstairs :

And Brad and his family came to visit.

 

 

 

The big trapezoid windows for the living room getting framed in

Our 11 year old Granddaughter Andrea out helping grandpa supervise the road crew working in front of our driveway

Grandkids almost always make Nancy smile

Andrea was put to work gathering all the nails and screws laying around. Grandpa insists on a clean and safe work site

Some of the grading got completed around the perimeter. The hillside below the house will make for some good sledding!
 

The Alder plants in Alaska grow like weeds. Keeping a path to the power meter takes a little work every week

A picture of one of the three manifolds for the in-floor radiant heat

Framing on the garage and the shop started today

Placing the wall with the 12 foot door

Putting in the beam that supports most of the roof trusses for the shop

Tilting up the 14 foot walls. They get built laying flat on the ground, then put into place and secured

Got a little rain this afternoon, but everybody works right through it

Up Stairs

The upstairs has started

 

 

More Framing

 Framing .................

 

Placing the biggest beam downstairs to support the loads. The upstairs floors will have radiant heat in them, and will be extremely heavy. Later this summer we will have pictures of the gypcrete and the radiant heating that make it so heavy

                                The second beam is now in place, and all of the downstairs walls are finished.

                                    Got a lot of rain Tuesday and Wednesday, but the crew worked right through it.

                                    These last two pictures show the joists all in place. The decking is going on late Friday and Monday, then the upstairs walls will begin. Now that the downstairs walls and joists are finished, the basement walls are secured enough to backfill the surrounding areas, and build up the soil around the basement and get the grading and drainage started. The black plastic material you see below is the waterproofing, and basically shows where the backfilling will occur, and the finished level of the soil around the house.

Framing has started

Lumber delivery and framing has started

                                The fog rolled in and a heavy mist started the day. Not really typical according to the                                         locals

                            The lumber truck from Spenard Building Supply has the heavy duty telescoping crane.                             He delivered the stick lumber for the basement build out

                                    Then the truck with all the roof trusses showed up

                        It took everyone to get all the trusses off the truck and stacked out of the way

That's Les watching the framers work on the lower level of the house and the gorgeous view.

 

Helping out with some of the easier work

The next day was beautiful, and the crew got a new guy from Paris Texas

The framing crew leader, Ken (on top), is a real perfectionist. Everything has to be level and square. He is a part owner of the contracting company we hired.

Turned the corner, starting to be able to see the window and door locations for the 2 guestrooms

Tilting up another panel that was built on the ground, then put into place and secured