More framing work

No work done yesterday due to the high winds.

Today, the 2nd water line inspection passed, so backfill can proceed now.  Expect that to happen in the next few days.

Today's framing work was continuing to build the roof overhangs and installing the roof decking over the front dormer.  There are a few spots remaining but overall most of the roof decking is now complete.  Also, most of the remaining ceiling joists have now been installed.

Expect demo on the porch dormer portion to begin tomorrow or Thursday.

There is actually quite a bit of space in these little "nooks" at the front of the home.  Good for storage space!

New ceiling joists:

Front dormer roof overhang

front dormer:

The roof overhang brackets arrived today.  They will be installed after all of the exterior wall sheathing is in place.

Getting close...

We are getting close to finishing with the framing.  I expect another day or two and it should be finished.  However, we just decided to add another dormer above the porch door so that we can replace our existing interior-rated doors with a new door that is code compliant (6'8" or higher).  So, the roof will be higher in that area.  That will add a few days of demo, framing, etc to the process.

I also put together an updated walkthrough video.  The link is at the end of the photos.

They finally framed in the master bedroom side walls.

This is the master closet with the long skinny fixed window framed in up high on the wall.

 Roof framing

Exterior view"

This framing looks all wonky but trust me it is correct.  It will look better once the overhang brackets are installed.

Believe this happened sometime yesterday with the wind and scaffolding craziness.  We have since repaired it though.

Roof overhang on this side of the house surrounds the chimney.  This is why we needed to rebuild the chimney first. It's funny though.  You ask the framer which order to go in and he'll say he can frame it up first and they can build the chimney around it no problem (he'd rather not have anything interrupt his framing process).  Ask the mason and they'll tell you the opposite--do the chimney first.  In this case I think the mason was correct.

8:12 pitch roof on the front of the house.

8:12 pitch on the front-left of the house

Another view of the roof craziness"

Pretty nice view from up here:

 

8:12 pitch section looking towards the front of the house/street.

Here is the link to the walkthrough video.  It is 12 minutes long but I won't be offended if you get bored and don't finish it!

https://youtu.be/pEfgJUvsCjY

Roof framing nearly complete

Most of the roof framing has been completed.  They have started working on framing out the roof overhangs which go all the way around the roof.  They also need to do some more 8:12 pitched areas as well as finish building out some of the walls whose ceilings will be angled in spots.

Also, concrete company came today to begin work on the chimney.  They should be finishing tomorrow, which is good because we need their scaffolding out of the way so that the roof overhang on that side of the home can be built.

There are another 3-4 courses of CMU and clay flue that will be added on tomorrow.  The chimney must be at least 2 feet taller than any roof surface within 10 feet horizontally.

Rear roof bracket overhangs

Front dormer overhangs

Another view of the rear roof overhangs