Framing the House....

As of right now the first floor walls are up on the new house. The house is just one story on half of it but there is a second story on the other half. The floor is laid for the second level and the trusses are up and some of the walls, the first level has all of the trusses up but not all of them on the second story. There are two dormer windows that are framed in and all of the downstairs rooms are framed in as well. First thing today the plan is to finish framing in the upstairs and get the rest of the trusses up. I say all that for those that are interested in knowing the specifics and because it will also help explain some of the pictures.

The very first wall going up! Yay! A picture from the distance showing the two end walls. As you look at it from here the left hand side will be a single story with one, big room containing the kitchen, dining room and living room. On the right hand side there will be two bedrooms and a bathroom in the downstairs and on the second story will be the master bedroom and another bathroom. (The house in the background is the caretakers house.) Framing one of the bedrooms....Taken from the living room as they were sheeting the second story.Taken from the front side of the house, in through the window.I'll save the trusses for another post because they were an event all on their own!!! There are people reading this blog who have spent a lot of time here at this camp so for those of you who are wondering why all the construction details....well, its for them=)