Work continues

When we visited our homesite yesterday the workers had completed the first roof layer on the garage, were beginning the installation of concrete board on fascia and soffits, and were nearing completion of the interior ceiling trusses for the living/dining area.

Garage roofing

We plan to use the garage as storage for materials going forward so will have wiring, ceiling and doors completed as soon as we can.

Interior ceiling trusses

Progress continues

Roofing trusses and backer board continue to go on and progress continues.  I am trying to take a photo of our new home as we progress thru the building process on a daily basis from roughly the same spot.  I want to put a slide show together showing the external work as it progresses to the point of roofing, stucco and stone.

Roofing progress

Yesterday afternoon I was amazed that the framers had already started work on the garage roof.

I was even more so this afternoon when I visited.

The crew will be working all weekend and hope to finish next week.  Then they move on to a 7000 sq ft home that is next on the schedule.

Framing has started

The first part of the framing crew showed up this morning and set to work putting down string lines.  We went over framing details and made a few minor changes based on locations of plumbing and electrical rough in.  We had move the wall behind the fridge back 6" to make room for our larger fridge/freezer and the ice maker suf was slightly out of position - moved that .5" further back. 

We also increased one wall thickness from 2x4 to 2x6 in the pantry to accommodate the main power line and breaker panel.

Everything else is fine and framing is underway.  The full crew of 16 plus will be on hand tomorrow morning!

Lumber Delivery

We had to run an errand this morning so we stopped by our lot and were really surprised to see that the first load of lumber had been delivered.  Moving along nicely.

Ready for framing

I checked on progress Friday morning and the contractor was pulling forms and cleaning up around the slabs.  He said he was in a hurry because he thought that we would start to see rain around 3.  He was right!

Forms are off and the slabs are ready for framers to start.

We had only a small amount of rain over the weekend with generally dry conditions forecast for this week into next.  Out next door neighbor is having a large beehive (upwards of half a million bees) removed from a dead oak today) and framers are scheduled to start work tomorrow.


we will also be meeting with the concrete stain company and countertop installer this week.

Foundation pour begins

I left our rental house at 6:30 this morning and when I got to our home site the concrete pumper was in place and the crew of 10 was already hard at work.

The ReadyMix trucks were ready and waiting and the pour began with boom lights on.  The pour started with concrete directed to the floor beam areas and once these were filled they moved back to begin filling the floor slab area.

I was amazed at how quickly concrete could be pumped into place and also how quickly the concrete crew could deal with it! 

At one point there were 5 concrete trucks on site, two pumping, once waiting along side and 2 on the street waiting to get in.

In no time at all the home foundation forms were full of concrete and the crew was hard at work leveling and smoothing.  That was a sight to see as well.  I drove into town to pick up some food for the crew (a mixed variety of burritos, 21 total, from Marys Tacos).  I also picked up a case of drinks and when I got back to the job site at about 1015 the guys were ready for a feeding frenzy.

House slab

I left for awhile to talk with the HVAC contractor and when I got back at 1200 the pumper was gone, concrete was done and the guys were doing some cleanup ahead of rain showers that were moving into the area.  

Garage slab

Before I knew what had happened the guys pulled out and then a very nice gentle rain started falling.  Nice timing to keep the slab moist and cool it down some as the concrete cures.

It's 5:00 now and a light rain is still falling and the outside temp has dropped to 82 degrees.