Day 145: More Framing Progress

Friday

We've made some great progress in the last two days. Thursday we had good framing weather, hot and dry. We got the remainder of the main level exterior and interior walls up. It was fun to walk through the house and get a feel for how each room was turning out. Here's the progress from Thursday:

Here's the first shot of Mandy in her new craft room. Not sure what Emmy's wearing. Or what's going on with her face.

Here's a view out the back window. You can see the catwalk between the girls and boys bedrooms above.

This is looking out our kitchen windows.

We never think of our house as big. Until we look at it from the back.

Front of the house.

Here's Friday's progress.

Overview - you can see that they've started the second story wall and a small part of the roof panel above the kitchen.

Here's Mandy with the boys' bedrooms behind her.

Here's the bridge leading from the boys' bedrooms to the girls' bedrooms. The stairwell is on the right at the end of the bridge.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	145	0	0	40
All Time	145	100	97	640.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 8/29/2014		Work Done Today
		Framed second floor (partial) and second story walls (partial)
		Materials Used Today
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		Square Cuts

Day 143: Framing Continues

Wednesday

So last we started framing. It was a short start, as two days into the framing we realized that our SIP supplier, EPS, provided the wrong floor joists. We haven't been very happy with EPS; first they were 4 weeks late on engineering, then 6 weeks late on delivery of the panels.

Back to framing. After finding out about the wrong joists on Thursday of last week, they called in for replacements. While they shipped us new joists, we lost Friday, Saturday, Monday and part of Tuesday. So needless to say we were excited to get moving again. Wednesday we got the floor installed and some of the main level walls up.

Here's what they had by 7:15 am.

Here's the progress by late afternoon.

This is standing in the garage looking into the house.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	143	0	0	40
All Time	143	100	97	600.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 8/27/2014		Work Done Today
		Framed main level floor and part of main level walls
		Materials Used Today
		SIP package
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		EPS

Day 136: Framing Begins!

Wednesday

It's official. Our house package has arrived and framing has begun! As a reminder, we're building a foam house. Foam, as in, Structural Insulated Panels, or SIPs. These panels consist of a sheet of OSB (think plywood), a 6-10 inch layer of foam, and another sheet of OSB. The panels are pre-cut by a CNC machine in a factory and then shipped to the job site. My panels are from a company called EPS, and were shipped from New York because the Missouri plant was full.

I also purchased all of my other materials from EPS (lumber, BCI joists, floor, etc). All of the SIP sections and other materials arrived Monday and Tuesday on 5 semis. The kiddos were waiting for the bus stop when the trucks started rolling in. Mind you, the driveway is a bit narrower than the drivers would have preferred.

After some finagling, and deciding to come in from the other direction, they were able to pull in. Only one mailbox was harmed in the process.

The panels were stacked around the job site in about five piles the size of the ones below.

Here is me adjusting the time-lapse camera across the way. You can see the piles of panels surrounding the job site.

With the panels now on site, framing could begin. Framing is a bit of a misnomer, since it's not just the frame going up, but the walls and insulation as well. The pictures below shows the back wall of the basement. We're excited to start seeing it come together.

If you look closely at this picture you can see the structure of the panels and the foam inside. You can also see the holes in the foam, which are "chases" for wiring.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	136	0	0	24
All Time	136	98	93	500.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 8/20/2014		Work Done Today
		Framed basement wall
		Materials Used Today
		SIP Panels
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		EPS

Day 110: Garage Floor

Friday

Today we got the concrete poured. I had been anxious to get it in and was getting nervous that it wouldn't happen this week. Nothing like waiting until the last day of the week. Our flatwork contractor, who's been great to work with, came out yesterday and got it all formed in and the pans and rebar set. This morning before 6:00 AM the concrete trucks were rolling and they were putting it down.

It's a bit hard to see in the picture above, but we have about a 3 inch slope from west to east in the garage floor to ensure that it drains appropriately. With the suspended floor, we opted to not have a floor drain, so it is important to have the slope in the floor to drain towards the doors. You can see the keys in the floor for the three garage doors.

The picture below shows the bracing under the floor. The floor is supported by three steel beams, as discussed in a previous post. On top of the beams rests a steel pan. The steel pan, and the rebar in the concrete slab, support the weight of the slab. However, while it is still curing, bracing is required for additional support. It will all be removed next week to create one big open room. I'm getting excited for my future shop.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	110	0	0	24
All Time	110	98	93	452.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 7/25/2014		Work Done Today
		Poured suspended garage floor
		Materials Used Today
		concrete
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		Vanderford Construction

Beam Me Up

Tuesday

We required three steel beams in to support the suspended garage floor. They were 12 inches tall and 26 lbs per linear foot, or W12-26. They were also about 24 ft long, making them about 600 lbs each. Fortunately, the outfit we bought them from, Jones Metal in Kansas City, also places them upon delivery. Thanks to Kim, we have a few shots of them going in:

The beams rest in beam pockets that were formed in the concrete when it was poured. The metal pan for the concrete will go on top of the beams prior to pouring the suspended floor, which should happen this Friday if all goes well.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	107	0	0	2
All Time	107	98	93	412.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 7/22/2014		Work Done Today
		Materials Used Today
		3 beams, W12-26 x 24'
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		Jone's Metal

Day 106: Built Like a Tank

Monday

A septic tank, that is. We now have a place in which to store our "less desirables". Our septic guy, Gary Ivy, a Holt neighbor, but this bad boy in for us on Monday.

Mandy's comment: "I didn't know it was square." Not to pick on her too much, but's actually more rectangular, but she is correct in that it is not round.

The lines on the right run out to our laterals. I'm not really sure what the line on the left is for, but I plan on finding out.

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	106	0	0	8
All Time	106	98	93	412.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 7/21/2014		Work Done Today
		Installed Septic tank
		Materials Used Today
		septic tank
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		Gary Ivy

Day 102: The Joys of Septic

Thursday

Somehow Day 100 came and went without a ceremonial post or celebration. Looking back at my original schedule, I'd planned on being much farther along at this point. But such is construction.

This past week our septic guy has been out putting in our system. It consists of a buried tank and several buried lateral lines. He's installed the lateral lines and has dug the trench part of the way from our house out to the tank. I never thought I'd be this excited about a septic system!

Daily Stats		Hours Worked			Cost
	Day	Trevor	Family/Friends	Contractors
Today	102	0	0	8
All Time	102	98	93	394.5	$13,496.75
Summary of 7/17/2014		Work Done Today
		Materials Used Today
		Who Helped Today
		Contractors On Site
		Gary Ivy