Framing is coming along. A few weather setbacks but overall pace is good. This does give us time to look closely at construction. At this point the 2nd bedroom and master bath have framed to ceiling level. The garage was finished off today.
Actually since I didn't finish this post from yesterday, they've basically finished the main frame. As you can see in the pics the basic elevation is complete. It looks great!!! The height is comparable to the neighbor's so no issue there.
A few things come up every day it seems. The project manager has been very reassuring and listens. He's been good at diffusing someone's temper. ;-).
We had a few issues that have taken a bit more work to remedy however. We know the plans like the back of our hands so it seems as though we catch everything.
- Closet was about 3 feet short and the master bedroom was about 3 feet too big. Fixed already but meant some additional framing as well.
- Stairwell - a step was overlooked. We peaked on the second floor with the makeshift ladder and discovered there was no step on the second floor landing. Great, we thought, until we realized you can't just remove a step. Soooooo that means our first floor landing is now 7 inches taller and a step is now protruding into the walkway. Best alternative and we have the space. Better than chopping up a truss.
- Windows. Huge deal. Even had to meet the vendor over this one. They stopped production of the 3 most focal windows of the elevation. He is looking into custom options - which better happen before we blow a gasket.
Overall we are excited and can't wait. March seems like such a ling time away!
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