New Home Construction

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As anticipated, not much done today as the framing crew does not work on Fridays.

The steel men finished their work on the garage floor. Here we are from the top side.

 

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And from underneath.

 

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In several places you can see sunshine coming theough. It looks like they missed the truss with their spot welder and burned a hole through the steel.

 

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There are quite a few of these. My only concern with them is I don't want the floor below riddled with little concrete stalagmites (or is it stalagtites) from drippage through these holes when the pour the garage slab. Although the space below will be used for tractor storage and workshop, I want a nice smooth surface over which I plan to place an epoxy paint. Call me ****, if you will.

 

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A couple of other things I noticed that illustrate my critical nature. First, why would some sheets of steel be bare while others have been painted? And painted different colors. Did I get used steel? If so, I wonder if I got it at discount prices.

 

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And the other thing - Why would I want steel that is already showing signs of rust? I guess that is why they make Rustoleum.

 

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The good news today is that, after spending some time in the workshop / barn, I really didn't get the claustrophobic feeling I anticipated. Maybe because the trusses are exposed and there is not a finished ceiling. In any event, I think it will work out OK.

We are meeting with the window man tomorrow to work out some last minute details so the framers can proceed with the Main Floor walls on Monday.

They have bottom plates of the walls all in place on the Main Floor so you can get an idea of how the rooms will be laid out. After seeing the layout of all of the wall partitions in life size (vs on the house plan), I'm having a little uneasiness about the floorplan. Many rooms seem to be real small, despite the fact that the overall square footage of the home is pretty decent. Can't seem to figure out where all the space went. Guess I better trust that everything will be OK or do a real fast design change before Monday.

 

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Today, despite a few showers, they began framing the main floor. By the time I got out there to take pictures, the ground was real sloppy. But I did manage to take a few.

The first picture is from the garage end.

 

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You probably noticed that the concrete slab has not yet been poured in the garage. Had the steel inspected today and the concrete is supposed to be poured tomorrow.

Once the slab is poured, they can begin framing over this end of the house.

In this picture, you can see the progress from the rear of the house.

 

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Here I just panned to the left a little from the last picture.