Roof Trusses over Greatroom

After the full day off during the rain, the framers came to the lot early on Saturday and completed the roof trusses over the great room.  The rain from the day before left things rather soggy, but the framers were able to work around it.  The other parts of the house, such as the kitchen and garage, will dry out quickly in the sunny Phoenix weather.

Reconfiguring Garage Stairs

The framers originally built the last landing of the garage stairs to walk out directly to where the cars would park.  We asked them if they could change the layout to have the stairs turn and come back toward the inner garage.  This would make it easier to get up the stairs, rather than trying to squeeze by the car door.  Dennis, our builder (on right), was talking with the framer, Ernie, to work out the details.  All part of the fun of building a custom house!

Framing Garage at Night

George and I drove up to the lot last night, as the sky was cloudless and clear, to see how the views and surrounding hills look in the dark.  There are no streetlights inside the community, so we were hoping the stars were more visible from the hill.  Downtown Phoenix is still only a few miles away, so we will never see the full array of stars. But at least we hope for a hint.

At this stage of building, the garage is fully framed out, with the outer kitchen walls nearly complete.  This photo shows the garage and outer kitchen wall, above, with the sky and stars peeking through the windows and roofless ceiling.

Framing of Stairs

Photo of stairs going from garage up to kitchen.  The photo is a little distorted with a wide angle lens look. The studs and trusses are actually straight, not curved.

And a view of the stairs from above, looking down.