Week 5: July 28 - 31

First Oops! We have had our first significant delay in the building process to date. The insulated sheeting necessary to complete the roof will not be available until next week. The trusses for the roof were delivered but because the sheeting is necessary to hold the trusses in place the framers are waiting to place the trusses.























Second Oops! The support beams that will hold up the bonus room were installed too low. We have planned in tall 10' garage doors to accomodate the large vehicles needed to transport, soon to be, 8 people at a time. The beams were placed only 8' off of the garage floor. I called Ray, our builder, when I noticed this problem concerned, and honestly a bit upset. A solution has been found. Ray figured out a way to reposition the beams that provides the desired garage floor to ceiling clearance. By changing the position of the support beams the height of the bonus room floor changed, as well as, the positioning of the bonus room trusses and how they relate to the rest of the house. Even with the change it looks like everything is going to blend nicely.

























Viki has chosen the color of our house! The front of the house, at least the first story, will be red brick. The rest of the home will be yellow siding with white trim and fascia/soffit. I went to the siding store and bought a piece of the siding to see how it would look on the home.