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Yesterday and today they put the portico up around the front door. But first, they did a lot of other stuff as well. They built the roof over the garage. After the roof is finished, they will jack up that … Continue reading →

They put the monster beam in the garage attic today. This thing is huge! Take a look at it: I don’t know what the exact dimensions are, but the garage is 26 feet deep, so that is about how long … Continue reading →

The mason was at work yesterday, building our chimney and fireplace. Here is a photo of the fireplace. The clay tube on the left is the flue for the oil burner. It is a separate flue that goes up the … Continue reading →

It was a big day today. The roof went up today. The rafters were cut yesterday and were delivered this morning to the roof platform with a crane. One by one the guys lifted them up to the ridge pole … Continue reading →

The attic floor went in today. They put some scaffolding on the side of the house to stand on while they put the joists up. The joists for the attic floor are the widest pieces of lumber in the whole … Continue reading →

The second floor walls went up today. They used the same technique as they did for the first floor walls, build ’em flat on the floor and then lift them into place. Sometimes they had to, um, stretch a bit … Continue reading →

They put the second floor on today. This where the Micro-Lam comes in. It provides extra support across the open spaces of the first floor without using columns. It would be unsightly to have Lally columns in the middle of … Continue reading →

They put up the first floor walls today. The first wall that went up was the back wall to the sun room. That is a really nice looking wall. The ceiling will be a high ceiling, all the way up … Continue reading →

I have no blog entry today because nothing really happened at the house today except the delivery of more lumber….. well…. unless you count this as a blog entry… in which case I did blog today and I was wrong … Continue reading →

It is day two of the framing. There is not much to show today even though a lot of work was done. It just wasn’t very visually dramatic work. They finished the floor. Then, they started building the walls. They … Continue reading →