Roof and Trusses

So now that the house was framed, the framers began to work on the roof.The trusses came on a big trailer from Tennessee.   We had to get the roof trusses ready for installation. We sanded, conditioned, stained and sealed all of the pieces, then put them together. Putting them together was like putting together […]

Building the First Floor

BUILDING THE FIRST FLOOR      So now the next step was to build the walls of the first floor.This was done in the same way as the basement walls. We used theICF blocks and put them together like Legos, one block at a time.This time it went much quicker  for us. Probably because we […]

Building the Basement Walls

    Now that the footings were done, we could start on the basement walls.These walls are something new to our area.  Its called ICF, which is short for insulated concrete forms.  They are like giant Lego blocks made of styrofoam. And you put them together just like Legos, all while making sure they are […]

BUILDING THE FOOTINGS

                         What are footings?     Footings are an important part of foundation construction. They areusually made of concrete with rebar reinforcement that has been pouredinto a trench of some sort. The purpose of the footings is to support the foundation and to prevent settling.The […]

Batter Boards and Cute Helpers

Building the Batter Boards    Batter boards are temporary wooden frameworks used to suspend the layout strings for a foundation. Once they are built, the batter boards resemble hurdles.Their placement is crucial to building a foundation exactly as the plans specify, and certain elements of their construction must be exact. The batter boards are used […]

Breaking Ground

October 28, 2017BREAKING GROUND!!!     Today was the day we finally broke ground. Around 8am the ecavator showed up on the back of a trailer. The driver took one look at the property and decided that he was not driving up on to it. He said the trailer was going to get stuck. We […]

August 12,   2017     After purchasing the saw mill, we began to mill wood right away.  We started with some of themany trees that we had cut down in the beginning of the summer. The first ones we cut were10′ long 6 x 6 beams.  They will probably be used later for a lean-to […]