JKSD first post

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.