Framing Update

The framing and steel are finally finished!  Due to the fact that the South side of our home consists mainly of glass doors we had to add steel over the garage to keep the house from racking.  Steel columns were also utilized in between the door locations and the eyebrow that runs above the glass doors and front door also required steel framing.

You may not see much change in these photos, but quite a few things were being done.  In addition to the steel, framing and exterior sheathing the plumbing and HVAC were also being installed.  After the exterior sheathing was finished Ross sprayed Bora Care, an eco-friendly termite treatment, on all of framing and sheathing up to 3' high.  This treatment is 1/2 LEED point under sustainable sites.  Its a fairly easy and inexpensive point to complete, as well as beneficial to your home.

The steel above the garage door is in place and they're starting on the steel above the glass doors.

It's really starting to take shape.

Abby enjoying HER house.  She loves coming to the site with us.

The eyebrow finally in place.

The underside of the eyebrow showing the steel and wood framing.

The underside of the eyebrow will be will be finished out as one continuous piece so the bronze color will continue to the interior and run along the main walkway in the home.  The writing on the house is not vandalism, we actually wrote this as a note to our framers.  It was shortly thereafter covered with waterproofing - our next post.

Ross and his Bora Care.

Abby loves laying on the cool concrete slab and watching us work.

Ross spraying the Bora Care with a typical garden sprayer.  This product is non-toxic, but Aaron made him wear gloves and a mask just in case.

Coating the North side of the house.  The North side of the house is 1 hour rated fire wall, so treated plywood was used as sheathing instead of OSB.