This week they have been finishing the rebar and putting up the forms for the first floor walls at the back part of the house, the part that will eventually be two stories. They will pour these walls Friday morning. Next week, the framers will come in and build the floor of the second floor, […]
The steel guys were there today. They almost finished putting up the second side of the form for the back wall of the house above the retaining wall. They also have framed in the back door that leads outside from the kitchen. There are two more house walls that need a second layer of plywood […]
Yesterday a full crew worked on the forms for the walls on the parts of the house that will be two stories. Today, a smaller crew was back for the morning to finish removing the scaffolding from under the deck. Pictures 1 and 2 show forms and rebar for the two-story walls on the north […]
The steel guys did show up today, but they didn’t work on the house framing. Instead, they started removing the scaffolding from under the lower deck, which is cantilevered. They kept the scaffolding supporting it for almost a month to give the concrete time to really dry. The scaffolding was screwed together, and it is […]
After the first work on the house walls, the workers went off to work elsewhere. They are scheduled to come back on Thursday to finish the plywood surrounds for the walls prior to a concrete pour on next Monday.
The workers didn’t come yesterday, but they came today and started building the framing for the part of the house with a crawl space under it. Apparently, they will be slowing down work while they wait for the blue duct to arrive. They don’t want to pour the walls until the blue ducting is in […]
We have been away from Modjeska at Haywood’s wedding — it was amazing, but that is another story — and then on vacation with Haywood, Curtis, Taylor, and Matt at Jackson Hole — this has been lots of fun, but also another story. While we have been away, the builders did the sixth concrete pour […]