Framing Mishaps

Two issues came up on 06-06-2015 when I was in the house to install boxes/brackets for the low voltage wiring.

First:
Attic access to lower level

This was missed in the initial framing.  With the Sitting Area upgrade the door to the lower attic (over the Study and the Great Room) is in the master closet near the center of the house.

Best picture I had to show where the missing access should be.  Sitting area to the left, closet to the right.

I brought this to the attention of my PM when we were onsite together. He checked the plans and confirmed that the access should be there - and that the framers would have to put it in next time they were onsite.

As of my time in there on 6/13 the fix had been put into place. Insulation was done on 6/16, but more on that in another post.

Second:
Master bedroom door location

I didn't initially notice this.  We were considering the location of some of the switches and realized that the door wasn't in the right place!  I mentioned it to the PM and he said he would look into it.  Eventually he called and said they would be moving it very close to the location on the plan, but it would be a few inches away from that due to the cold air return location in the mechanical chase.

Red line is where door was initially installed, but should not have been. Green line represents where doorway should have been.

I will update with a picture of where the door has been moved to, but it has been satisfactorily corrected.  Good stuff!

Framing Complete

Rough framing is finished. The electricians have begun their work placing boxes.  The roofers are slated to start Monday (tomorrow).

One item we noticed was missing from the framing job was the access to the second (lower roof line on the right).  It should be in the master closet wall, but was not framed in.  PM is looking into it.

Otherwise, here are some pics!

Current exterior.  Siding mounting blocks in place (plus the one we added in the eave).  Dumpster delivered.

View into the morning room. Yes, we got some heavy rain.

View into the great room.

From further back into the great room.

A short panoramic shot of kitchen, morning room and great room.

Bedroom #2 upstairs with walk in closet.

Our master walk in closet.

I had the mounting block for the meter extended to add my low voltage wiring panel for audio, video, network and security.

First Interior Shots

Met with our PM today.  Some good news is that we might be able to bring the sump pump to a location that would be more preferable!

I took lots of pictures, but in the process learned that my GoPro Hero 4 Black with no preview screen is not the ideal solution for this.  We'll go back soon and take plenty more with a better camera.  For now, ignore the fisheye effect from the lens!

Exterior as of last night.

Roofing materials being delivered.

Roman shower in the master bath.

Great Room view into kitchen and morning room.  Feels so big!

Framing Mostly Finished

We drove by again tonight and saw that the structure looked mostly complete.  There are a few areas missing sheathing, but it looks like everything is up otherwise.

A couple notes:
-I'm reaching out the the PM about our sump pump location.  After seeing various other pictures online, I am really not happy with the location we chose.
-I realized today that I made a mistake on the yard space drawing I did. I checked the math, but I didn't check it well enough.  I actually drew in almost ten additional feet of yard depth that we won't have because the values didn't add up.  I'm going to re-draw those and post a new update.  Obviously this is saddening, but we'll still have more yard than we have now.

Front view from across the street.

Shot with neighbor to the left (Stanford).

Shot with neighbor to the right (Palermo).

Left side of our house (lower level is garage, windows from left to right are: water closet, bedroom 3, bedroom 4).

Rear view slightly to one side showing the garage door opening.

Rear view slightly to the other side showing both great room windows.

Panoramic Shots

I'll do some higher quality pans in the future with a tripod and better camera, but whipped these together with my phone. This whole section of our community will be full in the next few months!

 

Views: Under Construction by William Casolare

Views: Under Construction 2 by William Casolare

Roof Trussing and Sheathing

Stopped by today and had a conversation with our neighbor Bill.  He's been great and we're looking forward to being neighbors!

Our framing is nearly complete.  Based on the pace these guys are going and the amount of time left in the day, I assume that tonight they will have the remaining gable (over the garage) in place and the sheathing completed over the garage (the right side of the house was already done by the time I drove away).

Roof trusses are up and the main roof is sheathed.

From Bill's yard we saw the guys sheathe the lower roof line in the back.

Closer shot of the front.

We watched them drive the remaining garage gable across the street.  Thought we might get to see it get put up but no such luck.

They put it down in the driveway right after bringing it over.

Then went back to sheathing the lower roof.  This sheathing was complete by the time I drove away.

Second Floor Framing

These photos are from yesterday afternoon.  We went to see the site and the guys were still working as late as 8pm.  Commitment!

The thunderstorms that were in the forecast for this week (as of late last week) have completely fallen off the radar and there has been no rain so far this week!

Photos by Britt this time!

First Floor Framing

The crew was on site for Saturday, Sunday and Monday of this long weekend!

Lots of pictures to share.  The PM has said the goal is to have the structure up by Thursday and be working on the roof going into the weekend.  He has an aggressive timeline of trying to get the mechanical, electrical and plumbing in next week.

More to come in the next few days!

View from the road as of early Sunday.  Majority of the first floor framing is up except for the garage area.

Closer to the house.

Back of the house, morning room with the rear windows and the additional windows on the right.

The additional morning room windows and kitchen wall that meets the garage.

Kitchen wall.

Mud room on the left, view into the dining room.

View from the road.

Up the driveway.  Front garage door opening.

Into the garage.

Front right of the garage.

Exterior wall of the garage where power meter is mounted.

Rear garage door opening and side of morning room.

Back of the house from angle.

Back of the house straight on.  Great room windows to the left, morning room in the center and rear garage door on the right.

Angle shot of the back with morning room door visible.

View into the kitchen from the morning room door.

View into the morning room.

View into the great room from the far rear window.

View of the morning room ceiling joist structure.

View into the garage from the rear door.

Kitchen wall from rear garage door.

View into the dining room from inside the garage.

Another dining room angle where the stairs are visible.

View into the garage of the mudroom.

Interior of the garage.