House Enclosed

Plywood Sheathing at about 90%

Carport ready for roof sheathing

Alex and Moe installing rafters for the front entrance roof

Jesse and Sean seem to be really enjoying nailing the rafters into their hangers

Just a few pics to show everyone our current progress.  Up next: siding and roofing

Almost Ready for Roofing

December has been a busy month, but not on the jobsite.  The students had their winter break so the house sat idle for two weeks.  However, as everyone will see from the pictures below, there has still been lots of progress since our last blog post.  The second floor framing is 100% complete including interior partitions.  The exterior walls are 95% sheathed.  The trusses are all installed with one half of the sub-roof already installed.  The remainder of the sub-roof sheathing will continue and be completed this week.  We are probably just a couple weeks away from topping off and hopefully we will be able to enjoy a topping off celebration.  The project is continuing to go very well and is ahead of schedule.  The students continue to work safely and produce quality craftsmanship.

Walls beginning to be erected

Jesse lays out a header for a window

Logan brings a load of studs to the second floor

Matt poses for the paperazzi

Matt and Moe begin building and interior partition

Alex and Logan set the first truss

First Floor Structural Framing Complete

Hopefully everyone had a restful Thanksgiving Weekend.  Our building team must have as the framing has been attacked with enthusiasm.  Despite the snow and rain and freezing temperatures, the first floor structural framing is 100% complete.  Interior partitions remain to be built, however, that did not stop us from moving on to the second floor.  As of yesterday, the second floor joists and subfloor have all been installed.  Tomorrow the second floor wall framing will begin and will be followed shortly by the installation of trusses from Juneau Truss.  The framing was not without its difficulties, with many sore fingers struck by errant hammers, tools lost by falling snow, boards cut too short or too long, or stud spacing not quite at 24" on center, but overall everyone is very satisfied with the progress of the building.  Framing is one of those areas of construction that is very fulfilling to the students as there is a very visible result of their labor each day. 

The first and longest wall (45 ft) is erected

Alex does his best to keep on top of the mess while Jesse reminds Moe that his lifting the wrong end of the wall

Alex continues his housekeeping while Andy searches for a lost contact

Jesse squares and plumbs a cripple stud beneath a window rough opening

Ready, 1, 2, 3, lift!

Halfway there

Sean nails the wall walls together with a  double top plate