House Build 
No Comments Today is the only work day on our house this week as our contractor has a roof to fit on his other project. This morning the roof trusses were delivered and were craned up to the second floor. It looks like a huge jigsaw puzzle, with some rather odd shaped pieces.
By the end of the day the trusses were up on the great room.
Also the chimney had progressed a bit more.
House Build 2 Comments It was an eventful week on the house build last week. A lot happened and changed in a short space of time. All of the internal walls on the ground floor were marked out and the framing for the outside was started. Over the course of a couple of days the outside walls were put up – which really gave us a feel for the how the inside was going to be. We went into where living room is going to be and were confronted with this huge framed hole in the wall. This was going to be our window. We knew it was a big window but didn’t comprehend just how big until we saw the gap for it.
After the outside framing was up, the weather decided to change and it snowed (see Proper Snow post). This didn’t stop the work though. They started to put up the sheeting for the side of the house on the day it was snowing. The next day, after spending 2 hours shoveling the snow out of the house, they built the staircase down to the basement (no more climbing in through windows 🙂 ). Finally on the Friday, the garage started to emerge.
So, there was a lot of progress last week. We have been told that the plan for next week is to get the same amount done – and a bit more 🙂
