All Boxed In

When we broke for the Christmas Holidays, we had all the walls done, the OSB attached to the external walls, and all the headers installed for the doors and windows.

From top to bottom:
1. Standing in the back door coming out of the living room;
2. Standing in the front door;
3. Peering out my kitchen window.

Since we broke, we have bought all our kitchen appliances and selected our garage door.

We're starting back to work on January 12 at which time we'll start installing the trusses. I'll be a much more efficient carpenter as Carl gave me my very own "Fat Max" tape measure for Christmas!

FRAMED!

At day's end on Friday, we completed 10 straight days of construction (WHEW!. We now have all the interior walls built and several of the headers for the windows. We start up again tomorrow and plan to complete the headers and install the Tyvek before we break for the Christmas holidays.

Before we actually started construction, I had visions of being involved in the process -- primarily in the role of "go-fer". I had no idea how much I would learn about construction , the number of power and hand tools I would learn to use, and how much constructing I would actually do.

I also had no idea how rewarding and enjoyable the work would be or how draining it would be on me physically, mentally, and emotionally. More important, I had not idea how thrilling it would be to see my dream house come true in front of my own eyes!

Day 7 of Framing

This is at the end of Day 7 of framing as well as the end of 7 straight days in a row of working my "tutu" off!

We have braved the elements (heat, cold, wind, and rain) and equipment problems and have all the OSB on the outside of the house and about 1/3 of the inside walls installed.

We are having a ball!

Day 4 of Framing

The house is now completely framed and about 1/2 of the OSB is mounted to the outside wall. It's looking more and more like a house!

Day 2 of Framing