Dawn of Framing

The framers are almost finished doing their portion of the house. Only a few small details remain. Once the framing is done, rough-in will begin inside the house, in roughly this order: HVAC mechanical installation, plumbing rough-in, both water and gas, electrical rough in, low voltage, and fire sprinklers.

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!

Building Interior Walls

All of the exterior walls of the framing are up. Here's a shot of some of the interior walls, with one of the walls for the living room being constructed on its side.  It's interesting that the framers construct the doorways and full length of the wall and then prop it up ready to be raised in one large piece.  That wall must be very heavy with the sheer plating already nailed in.