Four to six inches of snow on the ground Saturday, November 4. I arrived 11am, about an hour before Norm. As I pulled up, the framing crew was there doing their final tasks on their list. The temperature was in the high 20's most of the day, with off-and-on snow, although not much additional accumulation, maybe an inch.
I parked in the driveway!!
Framing crews accomplishments for the day
- Installed our extra window on the West wall, above the 2nd floor staircase. This will add a lot of light during the day time to the main level and the upper level.
The window installed in the West wall.
The window from the main floor.
The window from the top floor.
- They also did the following before leaving around noon.
8ft doors in the entry closet and powder room.
- Reframed the door openings in the entry closet and powder room from 7ft to 8ft. (I feel like a dwarf now in the room, but it really accentuates the 10 foot ceilings.)
- Added strapping required by the inspector to tie some of the floor framing together.
- Moved the plywood between the roof joists down so that it is below the eve vents -- this was due to an orginal mistake on their part on the day the joists were installed.
Norm's objectives for the day were
- Finishing the face flashing around the fireplace doghouse and around the back deck (sorry, forgot to take pictures.)
- Driving bolts into the cement landing to bolt the exterior stairs to the ground. It now has bolts at the top and bottom.
- He also loaded up some scrap roofing panels and most of his tools in his truck.
My objectives for the day were
- Permanently tighten all the bolts on each tread on the stairs - 8 bolts per tread X 10 treads. (A major knucklebuster. My hands looks like they were attacked by an angry tom cat.)
- Assembl and install the outside railing on the stairway. Not planning to put on the inside rail for now. I'll wait until the siding is installed to decide whether or not to put on the inside rail.
The stairway tasks took most of the day, due to difficult directions, lots of different parts, false starts, incorrect pieces, cold, a sore lower back and general exhaustion. (I still plan to mount riser plates to each tread to stiffen the, but that can wait until Spring.)
The completed (for now) exterior staircase.
- Installing deadbolts in all the exterior doors -- downstairs, deck, and entry.
The deadbolt in the back door. The door will be painted in the spring.
The deadbolt installed in the upper deck door.
I forgot to take a picture of the deadbolt installed in the front door. It's a smartlock so that a key is not needed to enter from the front (if you have the secret code.) looks like this
Next on my list is starting on plumbing, drain lines first, then supply lines.
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