5/29/03
these are the posts that will support the house that Dave builds
5/30/03
posts in place, with joists hung
5/30/03
a joist notched into the posts
5/31/03
the frame for the floor deck
6/4/03
plywood subfloor laid
6/11/03
the first exterior walls go up
6/11/03
a view of those first walls from the outside (looking at the wing)
6/12/03
bringing those 1st floor walls on around...
6/15/03
...until she's all boxed in
6/17/03
beams for the 2nd floor joists to hang in
6/17/03
looking "in" from the front door
6/18/03
2nd floor joists being hung
6/18/03
more 2nd floor joists
6/19/03
the temporary staircase
6/19/03
staircase as seen from the kitchen
6/20/03
"X" bracing under the house
6/20/03
floor deck has been built for the 2nd floor (and part of a wall raised)
6/23/03
more exterior walls being raised on the 2nd floor
6/24/03
and now it's boxed in
6/24/03
more "X" bracing under the house
6/25/03
roof rafters going into place
6/26/03
looking at the rafters from "down below"
6/26/03
it finally looks like a house!
6/26/03
from another angle
6/26/03
"letting nature decide" - we contoured the roof line around this shagbark hickory tree
6/30/03
rafters for the wing's roof
7/1/03
hardware cloth installed along the roof edge for ventilation purposes
7/2/03
the metal roofing goes on
7/2/03
this is what the roof looks like from the inside
7/2/03
Brian Cornwell out on the wing roof
7/3/03
all roofing now completed
10/9/03
scaffolding just below the 2nd floor for hanging siding and windows
10/9/03
the support for the scaffold (inside the bedroom windows)
10/10/03
from the back of the house - the hanging of siding & windows begins
10/15/03
2nd floor now sided
10/16/03
another view of 2nd floor siding
10/18/03
now the middle section is sided
10/18/03
metal flashing on the edge of 1st floor joists
10/20/03
windows & siding on the 1st floor now
10/22/03
from the back - more 1st floor windows in
10/22/03
looking at the wing...
10/24/03
and now looking at it with siding
10/24/03
view from the back - complete windows & siding
10/27/03
all siding has been hung
10/27/03
from the front, wing on the left
1/11/04
the "plank" gets you from the front door to the driveway
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