It has been about 3 weeks since I made my last post and there has been a lot go on over those past 3 weeks. We have been framing for the last few weeks and I’ll have to say although we now have something that looks like a house, the framing part takes a lot of patience. Framing is one of the longest, if not the longest, parts of building a house. Once it is done, it is amazing to be able to see the structure and form of the entire house, but it just takes so long. On the flip side of that, I’m thankful for framers that take a little more time on the front side and do things right rather than speed through it and do something wrong.

There isn’t much to framing. You just have to make sure that your blue prints are exactly what you want to a T and you’re set. I mean, the framers, or at least our framers, framed everything exactly like it was on the plans. That means, the wall in the basement that divided the mechanical room from the other media room that we wanted and talked to our builder about…it didn’t get put in because it wasn’t on the plans. They will have to go back and add it. That also means, every ceiling tray, vault, window arch and more that you want that aren’t in the blue prints, won’t get built unless you specifically tell them and actually draw it on the floor or wall for them. I guess that makes sense, but it means if you aren’t out there every day, something will get missed.

I’m lucky that I work really close to our construction site because I usually try to get out there 3 or 4 times a week over lunch. I got out there one day and we went over all that. We got the ceiling trays hammered out, the entry way arches decided and everything so really the only thing that we had an issue with was a downstairs wall and then entry way between the kitchen and the living room. That had tot be changed because they originally framed it too narrow at 5ft. and it needed to be lengthened to 9ft.

Ok, so pictures pictures pictures. I know, I will try to post as many as I can in succession. I will start with the early frame of just the down stairs and work all the way through the entire roof joists and decking. Enjoy!

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Well, that is about it. We are close to being done with the framing. They are putting the finishing touches on today and tomorrow. Next will be the shingles and the windows, which will more than likely be next week. They will also be wrapping the house in Tyvex and then comes the the wiring and plumbing. This is my favorite part as I will be doing most of the house’s structured wiring. Check back in a week and I’ll show you the windows.