July 28th...roof decking

I figured out something pretty cool on my camera...the panoramic picture! I knew that it was there, but for some silly reason I never thought to use it so that I could get a complete shot of the house. The only bad thing about it is that the house looks a little warped in some places. I'll try to do better next time.
This is a front view of the house. There is still a gable that needs to be added to the garage and another smaller one on the front porch, but this shot gives a much better idea of what it will look like.
They also put up some decking on the back of the house. Here's a picture of that:

July 24th...Roof decking

We have roof decking down. I'd say about 1/3rd of it is done. Here's part of the back of the house.
Here's the other part that they did on the back.
And here's the north side of the house by the master bedroom/bath.

This is what it looks like in the game room upstairs.
This is what it looks like across the great room and over the master bed/bath.

Ty relaxing upstairs and blowing some bubbles.

July 23rd...strapping (?)

I'm not sure if I'm using the right word (strapping) for what they did today or not, but they put the boards around the outside of the house and reinforced the roof/rafters on the eves of the house. I didn't think it was very exciting, so I only took one sad picture. Here ya go...

July 22nd...more framing upstairs

The room above the garage is framed.
Here's the southern end wall...










Here's the door leading out of that room into the game room. The bathroom and stairs are to the left.







Looking from the game room back into the room above the garage.








Upstairs bath.

July 20th...upstairs framing

Framing upstairs: on the left is the stairs...to the right of that will be a bath (not framed yet) and to the far right is the gameroom.

July 18th...pictures

I got a new cord for my camera so I'm posting some new pictures of the roof progress.

This is Ty's playroom on the back side of the house.







New rafters on the front of the house where the porch and great room meet.


I also looked at the plan and noticed that there is more to be done than I thought. I'm hoping that by the end of the week next week, the roof will be ready to put decking on. Areas left to put rafters on: The garage bump-out, Ty's bedroom, the back porch, and a little bit on the front porch. Yesterday we went to the house and noticed that bracing went up. It kinda looked temporary to me, but what do I know? I'm not even sure what is going to happen next!

July 16th...more roof

The guys didn't work Monday and Tuesday at the house, but on Wednesday and Thursday, they put up more rafters on the roof. I have some pictures to show, but our new puppy, Emmy, decided that chewing on my camera cord would be a good idea. After I get a new cord, I'll post the pics. The new rafters are on the north side of the porch/exercise room and over Ty's playroom. I think the guys only have Ty's bedroom, and the front and back porch left. I can't remember if the dining room has rafters or if that roof is part of the back porch roof. Anyway...it looks great. I'm sure there's all kinds of bracing and stuff to be done before the decking can be put on the roof, but what do I know? That's why we are paying someone else to do this! That brings me to a good point. Before we started building, I looked for blogs that dealt with home builds and came up with a couple. But to my surprise, there weren't very many. Since I have never built a house before, I wanted to know what I was getting into from someones personal experience. I've talked to a lot of people about their experiences, but time frames blur and memories fade...that is one of the reasons I decided to write this blog. I know there are a few other people out there that might want to know what they are getting into before they start. We've heard so many people say that if our marriage can survive building a house, it can survive anything! Well...it hasn't been bad so far. But that may be because our contractor, Mr. Price is so wonderful. The other reason I am writing this blog is so that I could have a memory of the house build and share it with my family that lives out of town.