professional stair builders

Tara & Paul constructing the stairs from the lower level to the main floor.
We will be shut down for the next two weeks over Xmas so won't be posting any more photos until the end of the first week in Jan.
Merry Christmas everyone!

back entry

building the roof over the back door entry

garage

Most of the garage framed.

finishing the garage roof sheathing

Tara and Paul taking down the foot ledgers after finishing the garage roof sheathing.

yahoo!

Believe it or not but after waiting almost a month we finally have temporary power. No more listening to that generator droning on for hours and no more fighting over the guns!

jennifer park photo

garage framing

garage

Tara, Paul & I framed the garage walls yesterday, erected the trusses today, and were working on the roof sheathing until the monsoon drove us home.

east and west view

large roof framed and small jog roof in front mostly done

large roof framed

Paul nailing the last barge and the large roof and extended dormer are finished!!!!!

north roof sheathing

Paul finished off the rest of the sheathing on the north roof amidst 40 kmh winds! My job required me to stay where it was safe and hand him the sheets!

wayward dormer

surveyor found out dormer roof is too high even though it is lower than the main roof which is 1.5 feet lower than the main required height - adjusting the dormer overhang to meet criteria

wishful thinking!

the old man dreaming of sitting in the soaker tub!

roof sheathing

Tara and Wade in their monkey suits sheathing the roof!

Paul the master framer

Paul framing the dormer and acknowledging the world! Paul's almost finished dormer

roof framing

view from south showing ensuite dormer & first wrap around

rafters

Sure glad there are no more 22 foot 2" x 12" rafters to install!

gables and ridge beam are up!

Dawn and Carl, happy the last big grunt is over - house is looking really good!!!!!!!!

Dawn with the finishing hammer!

the big beast!

combined strengths of the whole crew, including Dawn, lifting the massive 34 foot ridge beam - exciting times!

gable walls

Wade, Tara, Paul, & Carl lifting the west gable wall.

upper floor framing

Finished the upper floor plywood, and west gable ready to stand up - please note - blue sky!

upper floor joists

glulam posts & beam

Wade, Tara, and Paul helped lift the 21 foot beam into place just before the rain came.

main wall framing

Continuing with framing the main floor walls. If anyone is noticing the funny marks on the ground, after a long hard day and especially at the end of the week my ass is dragging so bad I'm leaving a trail behind me! Also, lately you might notice some peculiar imprints beside the trail markings as due to Victoria's sunny weather we have had to evolve webing on our feet!

main floor wall framing

main floor

floor trusses installed with plywood half put down

lower level framing

framing the middle bearing wall and just starting floor system

lower level framing

framing the lower level exterior walls

Yahoo!

Finally we got out of the ground and have started framing.
Tara and Paul framing the first wall!

water line & drainage piping

utility trenching

backfill day

Drain rock & storm drainage

Slinger throws in the drain rock on top of the perimeter drainage and then the roof drainage piping is sloped on top of the rock.