Week 11 – We have a (sub)floor!

Week 11 saw a second framing crew and they got to work fast!  Most of the basement has been framed out and the floor is installed.  The stairs down to the basement have not been put in yet so there is a big hole in the floor.  The retaining wall between the finished basement and crawlspace caused us to make some decisions on how to remove inches from various rooms, hallways, and the stairs themselves to make up for the lost inches.  (about 5.5″)  We ended up with 40″ stairs, 40″ hallway and the remaining inches deducted from the rooms.  The silver lining?  The closets got expanded so everything would line up.

Glu-lam beams

 

Gorgeous Douglas-fir 4×4 and 4×6 posts to hold the beams

 

Another closeup of the Douglas-fir posts

 

Subfloor gets installed!

 

The planter is looking like a hardened safe room

 

Garage wall has taken some abuse!

 

Hopefully, garage pour and framing covers all of this up

 

Hole for stairwell.  Notice the protruding retaining wall.  This is the amount of variance we have to account for

 

Liam’s bedroom window has a lovely, private view

 

Laundry room window (I think)

 

This will eventually be a very cool set of windows 18 inches high x over 10 feet wide.  Now that we see where the window is in proximity to the neighbors we are going to change the window order to “obscured” glass as it would look right into the bathroom shower.

 

South part of garage wall

 

South view of guest bedroom.  You can see the subfloor detail well here

 

West elevation showing (left to right) the laundry window, Liam’s bath window, and Liam’s bedroom window

 

West elevation showing protruding glu-lam beam

 

West elevation almost completely framed

 

Framing detail in basement.  Look at that HUGE beam!  We elected to use (2) 2x4s instead of the expensive 4×4 posts here to save money, since they are behind a wall and you can’t see them

 

Detail of massive beams and the joined 2×4’s

 

The problems experienced by women during lovemaking can be inability to enjoy fully the pleasure of getting together with the partner – Women who face conflicts in relation due to partner’s behaviour or due to viagra on line external influences such as family or professional pressures, may find it stressful and less pleasurable to get in physical with partner. There are so many erectile dysfunction medications out in the market in the form of impotence medicines that can offer hopes for guys struggling with an inability to achieve or maintain buy levitra online a firm erection that’s needed for sexual intercourse. Don’t even mix these drugs with alcohol, nicotine and caffeine as they reduce their effectiveness. http://raindogscine.com/anina-preseleccionada-al-oscar/ viagra samples Mechanism of action : Mechanism of action Vardenafil is called a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, pfizer viagra discount and works by preventing the action of a chemical in the body called phosphodiesterase type 5.An erection is produced via a complex chain of events, involving signals from the nervous system and the release of chemical messengers within the tissues of the penis. More basement framing detail

 

North elevation showing beautiful Glu-Lam beam

 

West side of North elevation showing other side

 

Staircase access and basement framing

 

Detail of the gorgeous beams.  The plan calls for paint, but I’m not sure I can paint these!

 

Close-up detail of beam

 

Detail showing how beams are attached

 

Framing detail

 

BIG header!

 

Another view of beam and framing

 

View of pantry and living room framing

 

Liam’s playroom and dining room combo starting to take shape

 

East elevation view of living room framing

 

Detail of kitchen side entry door

 

Detail view of Liam’s playroom beam and framing

 

Another view of playroom beam framing

 

Playroom beams

 

Still plenty more framing to go!

 

Next week should see more walls and possibly the roof trusses starting to get installed!