Starting the deck

We were back on the construction site today after my hand surgery yesterday -- second surgery in five weeks; first one didn't work! The first photo here is of the west side with the screened porch. It will tie into the deck which you can see in both photos as it begins to take shape. They are building the deck now so they can use it to move decking more easily to the roof. The workmen are standing on the porch. Cherly is sitting in the Kubota waiting for me to take the photos.

It is hard to get a photo of the "view side" (north) unless we rent a helicopter. All our photos will be below the house from that side.

JH and Kim?

Where are those pics of the girls? OK, JH, you can put one of you up there, too.

another view

This is the view from the road coming up to the house. It was taken just below the small "silt pond." The black fences are slit fences that he county requires. We cleared out all the brush to make a pasture -- lots of work left before it will actually be a pasture (maybe in a year or so).

We are headed to Pine Mt. this afternoon and I won't be posting more pics until Tuesday.

Good construction

Our framing sub-contractor is doing very good work. The rafters are 20+ feet long. Ron Carter is on the job every day supervising all the construction. Ron is standing in the loft over the front porch. The "front" of the house actually faces up the mountain. When you drive up the road to the house, we call that the "view" side -- which is actually the back of the house. There will be a deck across the view side connecting the screened porch.

Progress while we are away

Cheryl and I have been in Pine Mountain since Wednesday am and the framers have made very good progress. In the second photo you can see the flooring base for the screened porch. the bottom of the porch is 14' from the ground in some places.

It's a tall building

We knew that we were building a tall house, but standing on the top of the first floor it feels like you are way up in the air. These are some photos from Tuesday's work. The framers left early because of the heat and humidity. No rain for a month, but it is great weather for framing a house -- maybe not for the guys that are actually doing it, but for the property owners, it is good framing weather!
This photo is looking to the east side over our bedroom.

This is the view looking out where the dormer in the west "future" bedroom is.

This is looking into the dining room and kitchen. You can stand where the bar will be and see 80% of the house.

Moving fast

Sorry that I have not posted since Sunday. Everything is moving so fast it is hard to keep up with the progress. Cheryl and I are going to the site in the evenings to clean up and look at the work (inspectors!). We have been busy picking out things for the house i.e. exterior doors yesterday. Cheryl is, of course, is spending a lot of time thinking about how to do the kitchen. The walls of the main floor are up and today they are putting up decking on the I-beams above the first floor. They will start working on the roof framing very soon. They will also go ahead and construct the deck around the view side so they can use it for scaffolding. The house is alreay 23 feet tall before starting to work on the roof framing.
Here is a shot of Cheryl and me standing in front of our bedroom door. The fireplace is just to your left.

greenwood pics 3

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greenwood pics

First floor going up

This was the way the house looked by Friday when the framing guys left. Five of them are on the job and they are making very good progress. The temp has been over 100 every day, but the guys have worked a full day everyday. The dirt around the house site has been pulverized by the heavy equipment and the drought. There is 3-4 inches of "baby powder" dirt around. Tommy and Tim work for Ron and they are forming for the patio on the view side of the house.
They actually finished the outside walls of the first floor. I took this photo at noon on Friday.
BY THE WAY -- YOU CAN LOOK AT AN ENLARGED PHOTO OF ANY PHOTO ON THE BLOG BY POINTING THE CURSOR ON THE PHOTO AND CLICKING.
Pouring the patio slab. They worked all day on Saturday and didn't finish until dark, so I don't have any finished photos, yet. It is washed pea gravel and it looks great.

Ron Carter

This is Ron Carter, our contractor. Ron has been a good friend since we moved to Rome. He helped Larry build the barn. Ron is a hard worker and he is doing a very good job.

more Little River Canyon pics

little river canyon

It's become tradition to go to Little River Canyon when family is here, but usually when we go, there's water! Not much this time. There was enough, though, for the girls to have a great time and not want to leave. Naomi was slip-sliding everywhere, while Maddie tried to catch fish in a candy wrapper, and Abbey was the explorer. We had a great time, but we missed you all! AJ

house pics-out of sequence

I obviously process pictures a lot more slowly than Dad, but thought you'd want to see them even though the house already looks so different.

Alton and Sherry

Alton and Sherry came for a couple nights. Alton needed a "fix" on the farm. Every time he has come over to work on the farm with me, I have always told him, "When what you are doing stops being fun and starts being work, then it is time to quit!" This is the first time he has told me that his "fun" has become work-- with both of the jobs that I gave him. Take a look at the photos and see how much fun Alton is having. I can't understand why he thinks that this is work.

Cheryl and Sherry came out in their beach clothes and asked what can we do to help you?" They make good job site supervisors. Here they are in their element standing in the doorway of our bedroom closet.
Just so no one will say well what were you doing? Taking pictures only? I have added one action shot of myself.