More Framing Pictures

After some major set backs because of poor engineering on the part of the truss company we started to move ahead setting trusses on Monday afternoon. The trusses were scheduled to arrive Friday as it turned out they did not come till Monday afternoon at 2:00. I had 10 men on site ready to set trusses and put up plywood. This is all we were able to get done Monday.
Bonus room over garage.
Tuesday it rained all day and Wednesday it rained in the morning. Tuesday morning a couple of engineers from the truss company came out to the site to inspect the trusses they made wrong. Four trusses were made wrong and we had to modify a few more. Wednesday we set the rest of the trusses and started to put on plywood. More rain Thursday which made walking on the roof a little dangerous. Slow going.

This shot is from the new road going in.

All the walls are up and we are ready for trusses. View from the twelfth tee.
Front of the house as viewed from Larch Circle.
Front porch and garage.
View from golf course.
View of the back of the house and garage.

The first wall went up today Monday May 13th. It took 8 men to raise it.
David Sangree going for another gas cylinder for the nail gun. He has not had much training but is learning fast.
All the exterior walls up and 8 feet of sheathing.
Front to the house. We left the osb sheathing long around the front doors so we could trim it to the arched entry doors when they come.
One more shot of the gang working.

Foundation and decking

The foundation ins in, the basement walls poured and the main house decking down. YES!!!
As you can see we have had quiet a bit of rain. The foundation is perfectly level because the rain rolled off on all sides equally. The puddles are because we have not put in the posts under the middle bearing beam yet.
Tuesday will be a big day. We are ready to start building the wall. Then next Monday the trusses come.
I spent a lot of time Sunday spraying poison ivy. The lot was neglected and consequently the poison ivy took over. A few sprays of Round Up and it should disappear.