Last pitch
Dan and Mike framing up the small (but steep) last little bit of roof section over the master bedroom windows, connecting to the front entrance, which is mostly framed up here.
Everybody poops.
And when they do it at our house, it goes here, enroute to the septic field.
Front entrance grows
Some notches, some giant screws, a lot of grunting, and the front entrance begins to take shape.
Big peak
The roof sheathing and trusses are finished! That big X means “you probably don’t want to fall off here.”
Battle of the bulge
Despite the experts’ and inspector’s opinions, 2×8 studs on 12″ centres can NOT support an 8′ backfill height. In layman’s terms? Double up the studs or be ok with the north wall eventually collapsing.
Tractor pull (Did I use that already?)
The forms were stuck, but the Yanmar was having none of that.
Wire crew
Cutting wire to act as whalers for the retaining walls. These wires would be stretched to – and past – their limits.
Sonset
Chip.
Going up
The first stringer of the second-floor staircase going in.
Taking shape
The main windowed-wall of the living room’s cathedral design nears framing completion.