Real House
The main house has all of the trusses up and the roof decking is on. Same with the garage. The laundry room, foyer and porch still need trusses. You sure get a feel for the presence of the house (its size and shape) at this point.
The laundry room connects the house and garage and you can see the lack of trusses here and over the porch and foyer.
Inside, it is cool to look up and see the cathedral ceiling over the great room and kitchen area. The scissor trusses used for this look pretty cool.
Scissor Trusses
I am also pretty excited about the garage. It is huge! I am looking forward to having both cars housed nicely while still having room to park the tractor and plenty of workshop space. And, when needed, the tractor goes out and I have a big space for projects.
Len Enjoying the Garage
We were pleasantly surprised to see that the stairs to the basement were roughed in. We went down to the basement to check it out.
Stairs
Also Len's office was studded in. I am going to LOVE the view out the big windows. I hope I can still get work done and not be too distracted. You can see the framing for the south and east windows in this picture. They have not cut the openings in the sheathing in an attempt to keep some warmth in the basement. I am checking out the framing for the door out of the basement to the east. We cannot afford the door yet, but we had them frame for it so it would be easier to do in the future.
Len's Office
They expect the roofing (including shingles) to be done next week. The windows arrive the week of Feb. 4. The framers will come back to install them and the siding. I am not sure what happens the last week of January.
