Index
August 22, 2000. Delivery of the frame package.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Delivery of the frame package.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Frame partially erected, with stress-skin panels in foreground.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Frame partially erected.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Frame partially erected.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Showing the center beam connecting through the old house wall into the existing post.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Closeup of the beam attaching to old house. You can see the remnants of the styrofoam, then the OSB, then the blueboard drywall, all stripped away to reach the old post.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Frame partially erected. This is the joinery in the center post. One more beam to attach.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. Frame partially erected. More joinery, here at the center post at the gable end. One of three beams has been attached.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 22, 2000. A pile of knee braces, waiting to go up.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 23, 2000. Frame largely completed and some of the panels are attached. It was raining a bit that evening.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 23, 2000. Frame is largely up, except for the roof.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 23, 2000. Some wall panels are up. It's raining, and the blueboard (drywall) on the inside gets wet. That's why they use blueboard instead of conventional drywall. I think this was the only rainy day before it was closed in.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 23, 2000. Showing some of the framing.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 25, 2000. All wall panels up, most windows cut out. The center gable post sticks up, waiting for the ridge beam to be installed next.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 25, 2000. All wall panels up, most windows cut out.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 26, 2000. A view of the joists from below.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 25, 2000. The center post, and the hole in the old house, await the ridge beam.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 25, 2000. Looking out through a 2nd-story window at the joists and beams of the new addition.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 25, 2000. The ridge beam and the rafters await.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. Ridge beam, rafters, and roof panels go on! All in one day. There are some wires routed into the top of the rafters where hanging fans and lights will be located.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. A focus on the corner. Unfortunately I think they did not space the rafters nicely, the last two are too close together.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. It starts to look like a house!
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. The exterior shows the excess foam... they squirt foam into all of the panel joints to make sure they're well insulated.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. They also installed the new windows in the existing basement wall.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. A view to the outside, from the basement, through the new window.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 28, 2000. Little Mara checks out the construction site.
(big... huge... print)
 
August 30, 2000. Many windows installed. Cold roof installed, roofing felt tacked on. Some trim installed (see under the eave, the blue stuff).
(big... huge... print)
 
August 30, 2000. Many windows installed.
(big... huge... print)