Is a house really a house with out Eyebrows?

opening for eyebrow dormer

opening for eyebrow dormer

exterior view of eyebrow barrel.

exterior eyebrow frame

exterior eyebrow frame

The eyebrow window has taken shape over the last couple of days. We had a bit of a head scratcher because there is no floor to support the inside walls of the dormer. It is mostly finished but will only take full shape with the north section is completed.

The North section shell

We have had some really great activity on the north wing of the structure during the last week or so. The final ridge beam was raised by Jerimiah and his crew. Unfortunatly we missed the raising, but it was done the “old fashioned way” without the assistance of any modern equipment. Just Man power and a come-a-long. It looks great and we are more excited than you would think to see it sitting perfectly

Here is the support post and the ridge beam covering the unimproved section of the old cabin

my first panarama shot with my new camera

The new roof shell over top of the chackteau

shed dormer will be added here where the boys are standing.

I love to have people in the pictures, it really shows how tall the building is.

really nice end of summer day

looking up to the new ridge beem. must be hundreds of lbs. and about 2 feet thick.

isn’t it beautiful?

because we can only building the shell of the north section right now, we needed to raise the ridge beem to meet the main ridge beem for engineering/ cost control purposes.

in its final position.

My what beautiful Swoops we have!

The swoops have been installed and our framer Jerimiah and his crew have been working quickly to get the roof covered with OSB asap. You will notice that since we did not build the garage section with the breezeway, we were able to extend the swoop the entire length of the house. We have also had a few pieces of trim go up with one paticular curved piece that accents the swoop which looks just perfect to us. Bird boxes are being framed, and that little overhang problem I had has been taken care of.

a view from above.

swoop with perfectly crafted on-site trim board.

swoop with perfectly crafted on-site trim board.

the OSB gets molded into place.

The Swoops Have Arrived!

With huge excitment we took delivery of the Swoop trusses. Each was carried carfully down the hill along with the trusses for the north bedroom dormer.

The swoops arrive

A new roof for the chackteau

A very good day on the site today.  The second roof section has started to go up.  This section is really just a shell for now covering the old portion of the fishing shack.

Here is the support post and the ridge beam covering the unimproved section of the old cabin

De-tails De-tails

storm drain work

rafter tails, ok lenthwise, just need to bump out the front and back.

rafter tails

The master bath dormer is boarded in

I really like the way this dormer is looking

master bed window with the scaffolding the framers are using to work on the peak

Made an unfortunate discovery today.  Somewhere in the planning stage the rafter tails were changed from 24″ to 18″.   Waiting for the estimate, on the change order.  Not a lot of noticeable progress today, but it was a beautiful fall day.

STARTING THE ROOF

The framers have returned today and got quite a bit of the roof covered with the OSB panels that were hauled down last week.

What a difference.  Here are the pic’s from today.

 

The updated drawings

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maple forest cottage - cedar cliff edition

I have had a difficult time adding the new sketches of our plan.  But I was able to get this one in.  We have received permit approval for the roof section over the living/dinning area.

I really wanted to remain faithful to the original plan, but we did end up making a couple of changes.  The first change is on this side.  Instead of the big curved window unit, we are using a french door with a Juliet balcony.  I have kept the overall shape the same, and I think it will work better for us.

updated sketch

The framers have been on another job for a few days, but I hope to see them on Monday again.  Yesterday a load of 8/8 posts to hold up the living/dining section were delivered.  Also 140 OSB boards were delivered and had to be carried down to the site.  Husband and kids exausted…..

kids and friends moving 8×8’s down to building site.

kids and friends moving 8×8’s down to building site.

kids and friends moving 8×8’s down to building site.

Stacks of freshly carried down the hill OSB, covered from the rain storms.

More roof framing

The framers were here the last couple of days and have just about finished the main roof area. I hear they will move to another job for the rest of the week.

New framing for the master bath window.

bedroom 2 area and power room. we are not doing the garage so the power room moved to the breezeway area.

the pantry and master bath bump out