Here we are from the rear of the house. On the main floor, the right side is the master bedroom and the family room is in the center section. Just to the left of the family room is a bump out for the breakfast room. Another interesting architectural screw-up involves this area. Seems as though the lovely MIA architect forgot to include any mention of a roof over this bump-out. You will see in another photograph shortly what the builder is going to have to deal with in this section.
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Here, I'm standing in the kitchen and aiming at the family room. In front of the stairway you can see two of the three sections along that wall that will contain a fireplace in the center section. The fireplace will be flanked on either side by built-in bookcases. Beyond the stairway is the master bedroom. Due to some issues with the second floor, we had to raise the wall height on the main floor by 1 ft. This change affected the stairway, which is why we now have a landing at the bottom that you can see on the right. We will add 1 step from the family room to this landing. Also, you can see more of the internal bracing. Every room is braced in a similar manner.
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Now, I'm on the second floor, standing in what will be my son's bedroom and aiming toward my daughter's bedrrom on the rear of the house. You can see all interior walls have been laid out so they will be ready to build walls on Monday.
Another thing some of you may notice is that the basement and the exterior walls of the main floor are framed with 2x6 lumber. The plan called for 2x6's for all three floors. In our pre-planning with the builder, we decided to use 2x4's on the main and top floors. I did hear the buiilder tell the framing chief of this change but the framer apparently did not hear this. So, they framed the main floor with 2x6's as specified on the plans. They made the change to 2x4's on the second floor. The change was purely for budgetary reasons. According to my builder, in our area the benefit of 2x6's on the exterior walls is not that impressive from an insulation standpoint. And, as we are out in the woods, I really don't need the inhanced soundproofing you get from 2x6 construction. So, I decided to save a few hundred bucks on lumber costs by going back to 2x4's on the second floor.
Another thing some of you may notice is that the basement and the exterior walls of the main floor are framed with 2x6 lumber. The plan called for 2x6's for all three floors. In our pre-planning with the builder, we decided to use 2x4's on the main and top floors. I did hear the buiilder tell the framing chief of this change but the framer apparently did not hear this. So, they framed the main floor with 2x6's as specified on the plans. They made the change to 2x4's on the second floor. The change was purely for budgetary reasons. According to my builder, in our area the benefit of 2x6's on the exterior walls is not that impressive from an insulation standpoint. And, as we are out in the woods, I really don't need the inhanced soundproofing you get from 2x6 construction. So, I decided to save a few hundred bucks on lumber costs by going back to 2x4's on the second floor.
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Well, I guess that's all for now. The framing you've seen to this point has taken the crew 10 work days over 3 weeks. Some days have been shortened by afternoon showers and they had work to do on another project for a couple of days. I expect them to fiish framing the second floor this week and hopefully begin framing the roof. I'm thinking the framers will be done by the end of the next week (i.e., 2 more weeks of work) so we can begin the electrical and plumbing rough-ins soon. If I only had Eddie Walker and his girlfriend on this crew.... the framing would have been completed by now.
Thanks for following along.
Thanks for following along.
<font color="blue"> The garage door openings are 10' x 9' (or that's what they are supposed to be. Haven't measured them yet). </font>
Have you had a chance to measure them yet? I remembered earlier in the thread where you said the height under the steel trusses was about 8-1/2', and the doors you show are slightly lower than that, plus they will lose a fraction more with trim casing. I did a rough measurement from your picture and, if the doors are truly 10' wide, then they're slightly less than 8-1/2' high.
Probably won't hurt anything, but could be yet another disappointment. You're raising the hair on my neck -- Our architect has had my plans about 4 months with no progress. I will be going over every dimension with a fine-tooth comb. I'm pretty **** also, and my contractor would hate me, if I was going to have one...maybe I'll end up hatiing myself.
Have you had a chance to measure them yet? I remembered earlier in the thread where you said the height under the steel trusses was about 8-1/2', and the doors you show are slightly lower than that, plus they will lose a fraction more with trim casing. I did a rough measurement from your picture and, if the doors are truly 10' wide, then they're slightly less than 8-1/2' high.
Probably won't hurt anything, but could be yet another disappointment. You're raising the hair on my neck -- Our architect has had my plans about 4 months with no progress. I will be going over every dimension with a fine-tooth comb. I'm pretty **** also, and my contractor would hate me, if I was going to have one...maybe I'll end up hatiing myself.
