Archive for June, 2008
Sunrise Reflections – June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008More Prows Up II – June 29, 2008
June 30, 2008
It was an interesting contrast Friday to see 8 men straining to lift side 1 of the prow wall, and hours later to see a crane mostly idling as it lifted the much heavier second side which already had headers in for the windows. It’s also interesting that the 8 showed up on time, and the volunteer crew left just 20-30 minutes later, while the lift truck was more than an hour late!!!! The top of the prow is just less than 35′ high.
Prow’s Up II – June 27, 2008
June 28, 2008
More to follow….
Still More Main Floor – June 26, 2008
June 27, 2008
One Prow Wall built but not up. Several large beams to support the loft went up, and they started sheeting the loft floor.
More Main Floor – June 24, 2008
June 25, 2008
Rooms are taking shape!
By the way, let’s keep it our little secret that it doesn’t rain every day in Seattle!
Main Floor – June 23, 2008
June 24, 2008
They started framing the main floor today, and got parts of two outside walls up.
More Framing – June 22, 2008
June 23, 2008
I think we are pretty close to the rough framing of the basement being done. We had a house built for us about 12 years ago, and one thing I’ve noticed is the dramatic difference in earthquake tie down requirements. There are numerous j bolts buried in the concrete and bolted down to the bottom plate of the walls. In addition, there are quite a few tie downs on shear walls. An example can be seen in the last picture of this post on the far right side half way down. It is around 20 inches long, and has more than a dozen bolts going into the stud. It is in turn bolted to a screw that is glued into the concrete around 18 inches deep.
The first and fourth pictures show the views from the downstairs bedrooms through the openings that will be french doors. The second picture shows the view from near the front door. The third picture shows the living room view. The last three pictures show the tie downs in more detail.
The material was delivered to sheet the downstairs walls, and start framing the main floor for the coming week.
Prow’s Up – June 19, 2008
June 19, 2008
They poured the slab on Monday, and the Prow for the basement has gone up in the last couple of days. They got a fresh load of lumber, so the changes will continue.
Framing – Friday June 13, 2008
June 14, 2008
We survived Friday the 13th with no ill effects, and we had dinner “on” the new house main floor.
The framers got some more floor joists up, and sheared up a wall, then moved lumber in anticipation of pouring the basement/garage slab. They also decked out about 1/2 of the main floor. The flat work guys were also in to level the ground and get the footings and slab ready to pour. A mesh fiber will be used inside the house, and rebar will be used in the garage to try and avoid cracks.
Framing – June 12, 2008
June 13, 2008
Passed in ground plumbing inspection – preparing to pour garage and basement slab – framing continues.
