[StoneCoal Tackle]

Okay, the upstairs floor is now sheeted and ready for wall framing. If you sight across the floor you see it almost as high as the next mountains.........



....maybe the roof will pass'em up.

Here we see one of the four large gable walls has been erected. These end walls are rather large at 36 feet wide and the seven on twelve roof pitch brings them to almost 20 feet tall. The plan was to frame them on the floor, sheet them and then have the crane to set them up............



.......However, various problems which included bad roads that prohibited the crane from reaching the jobsite and over confidence on our part convinced us that we could set them by hand...........................



........which we did by bolting on legs (or braces) and attatching a series of cleats to the floor to catch the braces as we ratcheted it up by lifting our guts out . Then you know how the story goes, "if we can do one surely we can do another" and next thing you know we've put all four of them up the hard way!

So, with the gable ends up it's full steam ahead with framing the rest of the second floor walls and setting scaffold to facilitate setting beams to hold roof system, at 7 inches wide by 33 inches tall and 42 feet long we'll definitely have to have the crane for those bad boys.........



.........more to come

daymon

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon, I used your thread as an example of how some threads are interesting enough and get enough member support, that to shut 'em down at this point would be a real let down for everyone. Great that the house on the hill is still standing and didn't get any damage.

I think I would have used the wall raising as justification to add good winch on your truck, sort of an employee out of pocket expense. Keep up the good work Daymon.

bgcountry00, see if Daymon will work in MN if you pay him in lures or fishing access. You never know, he could be a Musky hunter and wants to play with Mr. Esox.

Bruce

[KcDano]

Daymon, do they still use wall jacks?

[yankee jigger]

Still enjoy the pics.
Keep em comming......

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Dano, I think wall jacks are still around but we've never owned any , might invest in some though if we build any wall sections this big again.
Anyways we have the walls pretty much framed up the ceiling joists in place in the areas that will have flat ceilings.



In the pic above, the large area between the gables in the upper part of the pic is the master bedroom and master bath with the bath having a flat ceiling and the bedroom will be open cathedral with exposed beams. There will be a study area in one corner and a fireplace in another. The master bedroom and bath will total 1500 square feet! Not too bad, mine at home is 1700 sq. ft..................my whole house that is .

Have any of you been having strange weather lately?



.......................actually I snapped this pic through the spotting glasses for the lazer level while doing final plumbing and bracing of walls. Talk about driving you batty, try looking through these for awhile.

Anyway, here's one of the beams being delivered and no this truck didn't drive on the highway with that 22 feet of beam hanging out the back. The road onto the mountain was too narrow and twisty for the other truck so they were loaded onto this one to make the last mile and a half of the trip.



The crane is supposed to be here on monday!

[KcDano]

It appears to be coming along quite well! Yes, couple of wall jacks would have made that job much easier. We used them on about every wall we could. Has been a while since I did any rough-in. To give you an idea how long, we were hand driving all the nails and no engineered lumber, I guess you don't have to crown an engineered joist? My how things have changed. Sure enjoy the pics.

[outdooradvantage]

Looking real good, I can only imagine how it's gonna look when all those tree's start blooming.

[Crimson_Death216]

That's going to be a NICE house.

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.
The picture with the red sky reminds of "testing at Area 51"... if there was an Area 51. Are those the same type of glasses you wear for see a laser sight on a circular saw? I hate the dumb things because I have to put them on over a pair of prescription eye glasses... And no matter how carefully I clean them, there is aways a smug one one layer or another.

House is looking great. Stay warm

[hazmail]

Daymon- What sort of timber are WE using here - Frames/gables, etc. I am starting to feel like I am building it. Better get the nail bag out. pete