Finally A Roof!!!!!!

Jenna's Dormer coming along nicely.


The zip system roof boards.








Three car garage.

Almost Have A Roof.

This picture shows the biggest change we have made to date. The opening will be Jenna's Dormer and really changes the dynamic of the roof above the garage.

Slowly moving along.

We had horrible weather for a few days. It snowed on a Sunday and the temperatures dropped which caused the snow and ice to stick around for three days. Luckily the forecast is great for the next seven days so we were told that the roof and roof sheathing should be complete by the end of the week. FINALLY!!! This will make progress much better because we will be shifting all the work towards the inside trades which are not dependent on good weather.

The next few updates should be really interesting.



Cross bracing the 10ft. basement walls. This is just another step that my framing contractor does for a professional job.






This picture shows the beautiful sloped, French Country style roof that we are having installed. The open area in the framing is a neat new addition to the house. We decided our bedroom was too small so we increased the size by 7ft. This caused Jenna's room to be shifted as well. The upside was that the move allowed us to create a neat dormer in Jenna's room which will also be a nice cosmetic change to the exterior roof line.

More Roof

Well we are finally getting a little closer. Luckily we missed the massive midwest storm and only lost one day of work. Tomorrow we close on the financing so that big hurdle will be done. As some of you know the financing was an issue because of a bad appraisal which left us scrambling to fix the problem at the last moment. Luckily we found an even better option.

Updates.

Construction Update

Currently they are installing the second level ceiling joists. Things have really slowed down because of the horrible weather we have had. Ice, snow and very cold temps have been a real problem.

More Construction Updates.

As a position update, currently they are laying the second floor subfloor panels on the I-Joist's and LVL's. The garage has also been framed. It looks like the weather this week is going to be great so I expect to see major progress. We should have the entire second floor complete and most of the exterior sheeting material applied for the walls. I will be busy taking pictures daily this week.

Here are the pictures.

Dang already a crack in the basement floor.


Backyard. This is going to be a great play spot for Jenna and her friends.

My internet is badly messed up right now so only a few pictures for this evening. I am planning on posting a bunch this week if my internet is fixed tomorrow.

Basement Floor Is Complete.

Progress has been really good with the great weather we have had. The basement floor is complete and framing should start this week.

We Have Walls.

This is the wall waterproofing membrane. It is called "Platon" It is a hard plastic material which is far superior to the black paint that is usually sprayed onto a foundation for damp proofing.


After the walls were completed, the foundation plumbing was installed and is awaiting inspection in this picture before being covered up with rock and the concrete basement floor.


Showing the thickness of the walls and the lag bolts that will attach the wood framing to the foundation walls.