They finished sheathing the ground floor Friday, and surprisingly covered up all the windows and the door in my study. There are only two entrances, for the doors on the living room and entry way:
As you can see from this inside photo, there will be windows:
They didn’t come up Monday or Tuesday because they were waiting for the lumber for the roof. That came yesterday:
Today they started putting up the supports for the roof:
They had hoped to get more done today but lost four hours because of problems with the generator. Hopefully tomorrow will go more smoothly, but at any rate visible progress is being made.
The “cardboard box” is an interesting way to do the house. You are showing what WORK goes into house building. And all the men & equipment go for 50 miles??? to do it.
I guess work is good – wherever it is in the wilderness…
Nothing is being sheathed here although we did have some grinding and chiselling of the jammed windows here – at one point I found one of them outside scraping the frame of a window that will never open! So that was quickly abandoned and he came inside to check which windows actually had “catches” 🙂
So even though more windows now will open…this time of the year isn’t really good idea for all day openings of said things!
The speed of the building is amazing. Then, I’ve only been reading along now for about a month. Never knew they covered everything, but it certainly affords better insulation; at least that’s what I perceive.
I know you’re more than ready and getting excited to pick all the paint colors and do-dads… right? Such a beautiful area – lucky you! Take care.
bikehikebabe,
Yes, doing anything up there is a big deal. We too were surprised about the box. We’ve never seen that before but presumably in the fullness of time we will get our windows and the outside door to my study.
Cathy,
I’m happy for you that they’re finally doing the much-needed maintenance. 🙂
Dixie,
We’ll have to see how it all turns out. The architect never did draw up the final plans so there are plenty of chances for miscommunication. So far the problems have been easily fixed. Life up there is always an adventure.
The framing goes fast, the inside work takes a lot longer. We’ll just have to see how it goes.
Previous posts here and at Transforming Stress show pictures of the fire and the aftermath. The fire was just about a year ago, June 2111.
It is amazing how fast the work seems to be progressing. I suppose that the pre-fab method makes it faster. I have not seen anything like this before.
Rummuser,
It’s not prefab. It’s being built from scratch, and temporarily boarding over the windows and one door is completely new to us. It may be a precaution to keep the place weather tight until the windows come.
Framing always goes fast. And don’t forget, the cabin is a tiny thing, only 768 square feet.