And up it goes...

Today was quite an eventful day at the home site!  The workers arrived to the lot bright and early this morning to begin the framing.  I drove by at around noon today to check on their progress and couldn't believe how much they had gotten done!

The sole plate was completed around the entire perimeter and attached to the J-bolts and several of the walls were already up.

All of the wood to be used for our home has been delivered and is sectioned off into neat piles.  Its hard to believe that most of this will be on the house in just a day or two!

There are about 15 or so framers working on the house currently so I know the frame should be complete soon and the trusses attached for the roof.  Its such a drastic change from a plain slab to a framed in home in just a matter of days!

 

The walls are currently being braced up as there isn't a roof or second floor above to attach them to yet.  My son, Corbin asked if those bracing boards will be part of the house.  I guess he thought we changed it to an A frame.  He was happy when I showed him where his room would be and he saw that he would have a window.  I did tell him that I was going to put bars on it when he is a teenager so that he can't sneak out (haha!)

This is where the french doors will be installed that lead out to the back yard.  They will be flanked by two windows which will be the height of the door.  This should allow plenty of natural light to come in for the great room.

I came back to the house at around 5:00 and was surprised yet again at the amount of work that had been done in such a short amount of time.  Most of the exterior walls have been put up and a lot of the interior walls as well.

The front door will be where the gentleman is standing on the left and the ceiling height will come to the top of the highest beam on the right.  It is so nice to be able to finally put this all into perspective and not have to imagine it all!  The area with the tall beam to the right of the entry will be one giant window looking into the dining room.

 I can't wait to come out tomorrow to see what else they have done.  I fully expect them to have started on installing the trusses if they continue to work at this rate.  Our windows were all ordered today so those should go in as soon as the framing is complete.