So the framers finally finished! It was a little bit of an adventure with the great room windows. If you remeber from the last post they didn't frame the upper trapazoid windows in. So after thinking about it, I decided that they really needed to be there and told the contractor that. He in turn told his crew to lower the uppper set of windows and cut in the traps. Unfortunatly this is exactly what they did. The result, I ended up with a verticle column made up of 3 2x6's with two 2x6 blocks on top of it, with a 6x6 post on top of that, all strapped together. To say it looked like hell is an understatement. Some of you may have also realize that 3 2x6 put together only makes 4.5"(for those of you that don't deal with this kind of thing, a 2x6 is actually 1.5" x 5.5"). When you put a 6x6 on top of that you end up with a missing board. So to compensate they added a 2x6 making one of the trap windows narrower that the others. Yes, confusing I know.
The next day the contractor showed up again and I pointed out this. He responded with a yea, it does look like crap, the guys did exactly what he said not what he wanted. So the next day they came back out (I think it may have been a different crew) and spent 2 days fixing it. They also finished bolting all the brackets into place. On Monday the 7th the inspector came out. As it turns out they do not require a roof nailing inspection on residential projects. He did do the shear wall inspection though. I passed that, needing only to have the decks lag bolted into the ledger boards and one strap installed that was missed. He signed me off so now I can install windows and side the house.
My roofing guy came out on Tuesday and layed down a layer of roofing felt. He is suppose to be
back in the next day or two to get the shingles layed down. It is nice to walk around inside without getting rained on. Now I just have to get a cap on the chimney so it doesn't rain through there.
I also got all the widows ordered minus the sliding doors. My door openings are extra tall so we are trying to find the most affordable way to get those doors. Right now the 3 sliders are going to cost more than all the rest of the windows put together.
I spent the weekend starting the waste plumbing. Of course half the time was making lists and going to the store to get the right parts. I also blocked up some windows that I decided made no sense, 3 in the kitchen that were nice for letting light in, but took up cabinet space and 1 in each of the upstairs bedroom closets (don't ask me why the architect put them there) I had forgotten to tell the framer not to put them in.
The next day the contractor showed up again and I pointed out this. He responded with a yea, it does look like crap, the guys did exactly what he said not what he wanted. So the next day they came back out (I think it may have been a different crew) and spent 2 days fixing it. They also finished bolting all the brackets into place. On Monday the 7th the inspector came out. As it turns out they do not require a roof nailing inspection on residential projects. He did do the shear wall inspection though. I passed that, needing only to have the decks lag bolted into the ledger boards and one strap installed that was missed. He signed me off so now I can install windows and side the house.My roofing guy came out on Tuesday and layed down a layer of roofing felt. He is suppose to be
back in the next day or two to get the shingles layed down. It is nice to walk around inside without getting rained on. Now I just have to get a cap on the chimney so it doesn't rain through there.I also got all the widows ordered minus the sliding doors. My door openings are extra tall so we are trying to find the most affordable way to get those doors. Right now the 3 sliders are going to cost more than all the rest of the windows put together.
I spent the weekend starting the waste plumbing. Of course half the time was making lists and going to the store to get the right parts. I also blocked up some windows that I decided made no sense, 3 in the kitchen that were nice for letting light in, but took up cabinet space and 1 in each of the upstairs bedroom closets (don't ask me why the architect put them there) I had forgotten to tell the framer not to put them in.
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Where are the windows you closed up in the kitchen? On the end over the garage doors? Won't that make the house look kind of lopsided if there are only three instead of six?
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