Remind me not to get his behind again on posting updates. It’s hard to remember back…
Things are looking up!
Sunday, 10/7: While SG is in religious school on Sunday mornings, we have started visiting the house. It’s one of the only times there are not workers there and we can take our time. I take pictures for my TimeShutter app to watch the progress in specific areas over time. For example, at some point we’ll be able to watch a little video showing progress like this:
Not the best of examples because you’re supposed to stand in exactly the same spot each time and the app guides you with overlays. You get the idea.
So the second floor began and ended rather quickly.
Monday, 10/8: Second floor ceiling and rafter material is on site. The rain continues to interfere with our progress but the end is in sight!
Wednesday, 10/10: Second floor ceiling complete this morning. Rafters will continue through Thursday. Excellent progress on the house today… hopefully we can keep this great weather up.
Thursday, 10/11: Rafters continue. Framer will continue with purlins and fire blocking. Wind storm clips and straps expected to start Tuesday of next week.
(I often have to Google words that our Project Manager uses! A “purlin,” I learned, is a long structural roof beam.)
Friday, 10/12: Rafters to continue through Monday. Next week, we’ll concentrate on windstorm clips and straps and inspect by Friday. The following week, we will start exterior sheathing and have that inspected by that Friday for nail pattern with the City.
We had a Project Update meeting and discussed possible solutions for connecting the house to our existing garage and room overhead. Keep the stairs from downstairs to office? Eliminate them and just have an upper breezeway? What about the fact that the second floor of the house is 4.5 feet higher than the second floor of the garage? To be continued.
Tuesday, 10/16: Windstorm inspection set for tomorrow. Sheathing to arrive Thursday.
Wednesday, 10/17: City structural inspector drove by home and called inspection not ready!! Never left his vehicle. Our project manager called his boss to report it. Framers kept working on fire-blocking. Windstorm inspection has been recalled for tomorrow.
Thursday, 10/18: Same City inspector came out today and this time got out of his vehicle to pass Windstorm inspection. Exterior sheathing arrived today and will begin this afternoon until mid-week next week. Nail-pattern inspection with the City of Houston for exterior sheathing is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday next week.
My next house post will be all about the little details of cabinetry measurements, windows, and lighting. Fun stuff! Thanks for reading!
