The framers and the concrete guys both made progress today. The concrete guys did the forms for the second side of the board-form wall by the front door. Picture 2 shows the rebar for the missed first floor wall. The large opening in this wall is a passage from the great room to the hallway that leads to our bedroom. It passes under the stairway to the second floor which limits its height, so we were in many discussions about the shape for the top of the opening.
Picture 1 – Framing of the missed wall. The diagonal piece of rebar in the open area follows the line of the stairway.
They also did the rebar for the extra section of the south wall into which the steel beam connects. This is shown in Picture 2.
Picture 2 – New rebar in the added section of this wall that will support the steel beam with a concrete wall on it.
The framers were busy putting in wood beams to form the parts of the roof that cantilever out from the house to create overhangs shading the windows. Picture 3 shows a segment on the east side of the house over the front door. Picture 4 shows the overhang on the south side of the house taken from the deck.
Picture 3 – Part of the cantilevered roof on the east side of the house. The completed section is over the front door. The part to the left of that is still to be done. On the right side of the picture, the scaffolding is for the board form wall that the concrete guys just completed.Picture 4 – This is a view from the deck looking toward the south side of the house.
Picture 5 shows the second floor from the edge of the overhang shown in
Picture 4. The part that is closest (at the bottom of the photo) will be
a green roof. The next section, with joists running toward the back is a
small deck. Everything beyond that will be inside the house on the
second floor.
Picture 5 – A view of the second floor taken from the edge of the overhang shown in Picture 4. The part that is closest (at the bottom of the photo) will be a green roof. The next section, with joists running toward the back is a small deck. Everything beyond that will be inside the house on the second floor.
