The Latest on the House

We left off with the floor joists having been completed. We put the deck on and started on the walls.
Notice the cool blueprint table that Dad made for Douhet!

Most of the walls weren't too hard to set up except the ones with the great big beams on top.
Griffyn is a BIG helper, but doesn't like the noise!

More beams! These beams will be exposed underneath the catwalk. They will be beautifully finished when we are done.

Douhet hard at work. It is amazing how he knows just what to do to make everything come out right.

Here you can see the second floor going up. This looks down from the entertainment area into what will be the kitchen. Kylee is in the kitchen doorway.

It looks pretty massive with the walls all closed up. This is the front of the house.

These are called scissor trusses. I'm so glad they put them on the second floor so we didn't have to hoist them up by hand! It was hard enough putting them into place by hand. It was pretty scary sometimes.


We lifted each one into position and secured it in place. It was especially tricky over the open areas like the living room and the entry way.

Kylee is using the nail gun to help secure the trusses in place.

Now we are putting the sheeting on the roof. The first two sheets weren't too hard. We hired someone else to do the really high ones.

This is the second floor from the existing house spanning the entire new addition.

Working on the roof was pretty scary. We prayed everyday for safety!

The cute little dormer is going to be Griffyn's room. We are calling it GriffynDorm!!!

These trusses we had to lift up by hand. It is a 16 x 27 covered deck out the back of the house. We are so grateful for the help we received putting those up. Everyone was amazing!

Here Douhet and Season are putting sheeting on the wrap around porch roof.

That is Brother Miller up on the roof working on the sheeting. Bishop Glenn is on the ladder putting the sheeting on the end of the outside extension.

More work on the outside extension.

We are just about ready to have the roofers start on the shingles.

The roofers started roofing the front of the house on Tuesday. I haven't been home early enough to get a picture so I'll have to post that this weekend. It is just about closed in for the winter!!!