Framing - April
Here's a shot of Rob and Jim modifying the living room window framing. The window opening is so close to the bottom of the rafters, we had to hold the header up into the rafter space.
Another shot of the same operation.
We've started the garage walls in the picture. The garage was definitely a challenge to frame since the walls run at a 30-degree angle to the roof pitch.
Same shot with another wall up. And below, we're pretty much ready for rafters.
We've started rafters in the garage in this picture, and in the living room, below.
Once we got the rafters in, it was time for the fussy details of outriggers, rafter tails and facia. Here, we've cut in the 4x6 outriggers that the facia will be nailed to.
But we soon realized that hanging over the walls to work on the facia just wasn't going to work. We knew from the beginning that we'd have to scaffold the house in order to install the windows and siding. Suddenly, it was time.
We've put up the first legs of the first stage. We used double 2x4's for legs, with a stage of 2x12's every seven feet or so. I think on this wall we needed five stages.
It didn't take long before we knew handrails were going to be a really, really good idea.
By the time we finished scaffolding, you could just about walk around the entire house, and we probably have enough 2x4s and 2x12s to get a running start on a new house.
At this point we're ready to start on our rafter tails, soffits and facia boards.