The Main Floor

The main floor of the house is framed and walled in now. We are continuing the ICFs all the way to the roof. A lot of people use these forms just for basement walls, but we are using them for all of our wall construction. The forms become our insulation, and the thick concrete mass in between acts as a solid thermal mass. The siding will attach directly to the forms.

The concrete pour went successfully yesterday. Despite an exploding pump hose, all went safely and well. The men have been working around the clock the past few weeks. Taking advantage of the nice weather, and Noah's few days left before heading back to the University, they have been working until sundown everyday. Talk about exhausting for everyone! But the house is looking beautiful and we are so grateful.

As you look at the pictures below, you will notice that the pictures have mostly been taken from the same spot. Noah set up a tripod in one of the trees so that we could take pictures from the same spot to chart the progress of the house. It will be really cool to see it all in slideshow format once it is finished. It is hard to get a sense for it seeing them lined up here on the blog, but I don't know how to do a slideshow on here yet.


SUB-FLOORING THE MAIN FLOOR


READY TO FRAME THE WALLS


FRAMING LIBRARY(SW) AND SEWING ROOMS (NW)


THE CREW PLUS KIDS


FRAMING DINING, KITCHEN, AND FAMILY ROOMS


FORMING THE WALLS


FORMING THE WALLS






READY FOR CONCRETE (MINUS THE BRACING)