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.

Perimeter drainage

Tara's birthday

Tara showed up all raring to go with her new tools -much to her chagrin she ended up with a shovel in her hands, and a day of digging in the mud is reflected in the after shot! Needless to say she will remember this birthday for a long time!

Stripping forms

Wall forms stripped and lumber scraped. Notice that when volunteers were called for who ended up being the tar baby! Note the excellence of the pour! Paul, Tara, Wade, and Carl.

Jennifer Park

View from atop Jennifer Park about 1/2 mile away and zoom photo to show foundation.

Forming walls

Setting the wall forms for the concrete and then pumping the walls, vibrating, with Paul, Tara, and Carl.