Kyle and Karen's House Addition Project

Framing Begins 01/19/04 (Day 24)

From back door towards rear of garage

Garage rear wall towards old oak

Lots'o lumber

Walls 01/20/04 (Day 25)

Back wall of garage from front of garage	Front of garage	From driveway towards the rear wall	From back door towards old oak
From rear wall towards back of house

I had to take these pictures at night. Not my best work. You can start to see how the garage will look.

First Floor Takes Shape 01/21/04 (Day 26)

Front of garage	Front of new garage	Interior and truss from back door	Interior and truss from garage door
Back of garage	Rear of garage	From old oak towards rear of garage	From old oak towards front of garage

We love this part of the project. The framing is going at a great pace. It is now taking form and we can start to see how it is really going to look.

Second Floor Transition 01/22/04 (Day 27)

Front of garage	Toward rear wall	Toward front of garage, builder wheeling and dealing	From old oak towards front of garage
From old oak towards rear of garage	Setting the band	Passing up the decking	Interior wall & door frame
Beam and joists	Beam, joists, interior wall at old back door

The beam is 16" tall and 4" wide. It is constructed of a "glue laminate" composite of plywood. The joists are 2x10s on 12" centers. This large lumber is what allows us to go 44 feet in length and 24 feet in width with only one support in the center.

Second Floor Transition 01/23/04 (Day 28)

Trusses being delivered by roll back semi	First pieces of 2nd floor decking	Trusses	Front of garage from driveway
From old oak towards front of garage	From old oak towards rear of garage	Back and rear of garage	Interior - or is this Karen preparing to kick Ricardo's ass?
Jose starts to frame 1st landing	2nd floor decking	THE NEW VIEW! It's winter now, and everything is torn up from new construction and still from Morgan's accident, but this will be nice when spring arrives.	2nd floor looking back towards stairs
Top of stairs	Interior, looking back towards old back door	Front corner, looking towards back door

The progress is great. Things are really coming together nicely.

Nature The Mother 01/25/04 (Day 30)

Ice Storm

Then it all came to a grinding halt. We had rain, then an ice storm, which delayed us for a few days.

Second Floor Takes Shape 01/28/04 (Day 33)

Front of garage from driveway	Front of garage from driveway	From old oak towards rear of garage	From old oak towards front of garage
I think we will call this the new back door	Stairs and old back door	Back and rear of garage from pasture	Back wall being joined to house
New windows & doors	Back wall going up	Back and rear wall of 2nd floor	2nd floor from house rooftop

It barely thawed and we got back to work. As you can see, we started on the 2nd story walls today.

Second Floor Nearly Complete 01/29/04 (Day 34)

Front of garage from driveway	From old oak towards front of garage	Back of garage now joined with house	Front of garage now joined to house
Wall near house roof The "saddle" will join with this wall soon.	Front garage wall from inside	Back and rear walls, trusses are now up stairs

Now we have four walls on the 2nd story. The old house soffit was cut off and the upper floor walls have been joined to the house.

Roof Trusses 01/30/04 (Day 35)

Front of garage from driveway	From old oak (#2) towards front of garage	Back and rear of garage from pasture	Roof peak peeks over roof :)
Rear of interior	Front of interior		"Rafters At Sunset" © 2004

The roof trusses went up today. Kyle took the "Rafters At Sunset" picture tonight just for some artistic fun.

Finishing Framing 02/12/04 (Day 48)

Front of garage from driveway	Back and rear of garage from pasture	Back from barn	Roof peak peeks over roof
Rear of interior	Rafters at ???	Roof starts to go on	Roughed in roof saddle

We have had tons of rain the last few weeks. It has slowed down progress. Rain has been leaking in the house due to the unfinished saddle and the upstairs and downstairs of the addition have been soaked because of the lack of a roof. But now they are finally able to get on the roof, so hopefully they can make the whole place a little more dry during the upcoming rain.