Second Floor Here We Come

After 2-weeks in the mountains I came home to quite a surprise- Joey had finished the front porch and finished framing and sheeting all of the walls for the first floor. After a quick shower, hug, and a kiss it was back to work. "Hand me another board, please."

Last night we completed putting in the tongue and groove flooring for the second floor, which will double as a finished ceiling for the first floor. It looks lovely and we will have to work hard to keep it pristine through the construction of the second floor walls. We hope to have the walls for the next floor framed in the next two days so we can begin construction on the roof. It has been raining quite a bit lately- we feel like we are in a race to get all the wood up and the structure protected before it beings to warp.

Our favorite part so far- the view keeps getting better the higher we get.

First Floor

In an action packed four days Joey and I were able to get most of the components of the first floor in. We framed and partially sheeted four walls. Next comes the remaining two walls of the mudroom and the front deck.

Joey just left for 10-days of work on the Matanuska Glacier teaching students to ice climb. I starts work this weekend and will be flying back into the Alaska Range for a 12-day mountaineering course. It is hard to leave our new house for other projects but we will be blissfully reunited at the end of the month and hope to complete the second floor. I took a brake from framing yesterday and went paragliding in Girdwood..... Joey doesn't know yet- ha ha ha.

First Floor In!

Our lumber has finally arrived and we are fast at work getting the frame of the house up. After digging the sewer line by hand, it feels good to be done with dirt and switch to wood.

Joey was excited when our main beams lined up perfectly with our foundation tubes. We framed the floor quickly and spent a day tinkering and making it square. Last night we attached the subfloor and had a few friends over to spill the very first beers on the floor.

Hopefully we will get the walls up today and tomorrow...if the mosquitoes don't get us first.