Timelapse 04/19 to 04/30 - Roof going up

Windows In!

Last couple days have been all about getting windows flashed and put in..

Next up is finishing up the exterior finishes: roof, siding, stucco, rock..

Weekend Progress!

This Saturday we finished the roof of the house. Had a 2man crew finish up the sheathing. Too bad it was just 1 day after a lot of rain .. so the interior was soaked unfortunately. Spent a bit of time getting water out of the lower floor mudroom.

Finishing up the last of the sheathing on the roof

How its looking from the road

Sunday I only had a few hours to work but we put it to good use with a little family help.. Started with the exterior air sealing and housewrap. Using 3M 8067 All Weather Flashing Tape, & Tyvek Commercial-D housewrap. Got to use a Stinger brand cap nailer for the wrap too.

Air sealing seams ahead of the Tyvek
with this crazy 3M tape (stickiest tape I've ever used)

Tyvek Commercial-D drain wrap (the crinkled stuff)

Made it around 1 corner

then a few others..

This was only about half way around the main floor story. But the rest requires extensive use of very tall ladders! Windows openings are ready for my expensive flexwrap tape. Then windows go in then flashing tape. We're almost dried in!

Rolling Roof Trusses - Day 1

After a full day with a full crew its mostly up!

View from the backyard

Timelapse 4/6 to 4/19

Trusses being put up

Day one of truss lifting started with plumbing and bracing all the interior walls. I of course just wanted to see the trusses standing up. But unfortunately I'll have to be patient.

those back trusses are actually standing up!

This is the view from the back of the house looking up

Trusses being delivered!

This was a big day. Our roof trusses were delivered. We had thought there was no way we could get the boom truck to drop the trusses on top of the roof deck. But with some interesting positioning and crane operator skill they were very successfull at unloading all the roof trusses up even through all the trees. Here are pics of the day:

notice truck has one support on 'shed' pad

Short vid of lift:

Nailguns and Poker

Here are a few pictures from last weekend. Sorry for the late posting, but I've been so busy this week with the kids and the build. This was during Rigo's organized Nailguns n Poker day.

We had a bunch of us who could make it out participate  in doing the shear nailing schedules/screwing/hanger nailing. Was fun for me. Hope you all had a similar good time.

Natural nail gunner

This is Rigo

Mike doing something over there

Rigo, Myself, Ryan, and Cecil lifting a header.. which we then dropped

All SIP walls are in!

The front face is done now with the last SIP wall up!

Kitchen wall over the garage is in

Yesterday's progress

Bedrooms being framed

Bedroom 

Windows delivered

windows hauled into garage by moonlight :-)

This weekend's pictures:

It was a very long weekend for me. Spent Fri/Sat/Sun on site helping to put up walls, haul lumber, and cleanup. You can finally see the shape and size of the house and get a feel of what kind of view you will have. Next up is interior walls, then roof trusses, windows/doors..

Packin 2x6's up to the top

Raising my first wall

success!

Big wall in family room going up

going slow so we dont push it over

sliding it into place

Header going over the windows in the family room

dropping the header into place

At the end of Saturday all walls except 1 are up

View looking at corner bedroom

View looking at master bedroom

dining area

family room

Construction Timelapse 3/22 to 4/6

Front Entry going in!

Started framing the top level entrance area.

View from down the driveway

View from main level looking at entrance