Day 17 - 90% of the Outside Walls Are Up

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This Panorama picture show the north wall - east - wall - and south wall. The house is just a big rectangle. Directly across form you is the front door. On each side of the front door are 4 large windows. To the left is the north wall with 4 windows. To the right is the south wall with 4 windows. The walls are 10 feet high. 

This is a view of the front porch. It will be 10 feet x 60 feet. The house roof will extend out over the front and back porches. On each porch - front and back - there will be one door and 8 windows. 

It was a very hot day - but Gary Shiver - Gary Wayne Shiver - Joe Shiver - and Josh Wells. Just kpet framing those wall. The walls are heavy - made of 2 x 6 boards - lots of nails - lots of bolts - lots of hurricane straps.



Gary said we have to have all the walls done - inside and outside - because the roof trusses come Tuesday. The crane comes Wednesday to lift the trusses into place. Since the trusses will be spanning 40 feet from wall to wall - they must be place 16 inches apart. The trusses will support the entire roof and also the attic floor. There will be an 18 inch space between the attic floor and the living room ceiling. All the wires - vents - and air ducts will run thru that space.

90% of the outside walls were done when the 4:00 PM quitting time horn went off. Today the rain waited until we were done. After the workers left - I got out my backback leaf blower and clean of the floor.

Every 10 foot stud is "eyed" by this stud - Joe Shiver. Only straight ones are used for the wall - and the bow is marked for one direction.

Gary Shiver is cutting some treated number 2 yellow pine to be used as a plate on the perimeter. It is glued - nailed and bolted to the concrete foundation.

Josh Wells is building a wall section. the all 4 of them will heave and up it goes. 

Gary Wayne Shiver is squaring up the top of a 10 foot wall. Then he put a second layer of 2 x 6 spruce on the wall. That double layer of spruce will support the roof trusses. Finally - every thing is strapped together with steel hurricane straps.