When we got the roof on it was time to go back
inside and start the interior framing and blocking we'd postponed until
we had a roof over our heads.
I won't bore you with the miles of 2x6 blocking, but there were a few interesting
parts — like this curved soffit at the entryway.
We spent most of April and March inside working our way through
two units of 2x6 and 2x4's.
Each time we though we'd finished a section, you'd blink your eyes and see
another block that needed to be put in.
And the sheetrockers will be sure to find more when they get started.
they always do.Actually there are three curved soffits. These two that form
the balcony at the entryway, and a third up at the second floor ceiling
level.
Once they're sheetrocked, they'll look pretty sharp.
There were also
miles of bread-and-butter soffits throughout the house. Here you're looking
at the dining room. There will be rough-sawn beams running between them,
as you'll see later.
While we were doing our thing, the subcontractors started
coming through. Here you can see electricians and plumbers running wires
and pipes. Besides electricians and plumbers, we had vacuum system installers,
sheet metal guys, alarm system installers and probably some I didn't even
notice. Hardly room for us.
Some of the chaos and confusion. Makes us yearn for the framing days,
when it was just the four or five of us working quietly. No radios. No confusion
— well, just inner confusion, maybe.
