Thank you to everyone who has supported the project thus far. We appreciate all of your kind words and encouragement and wish you all a very Happy Holiday!
Love,
Whitney and Björn
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
progress report: wednesday
it was a cold day but also a very productive day. think about this for a second, we received the first SIP panels only 10 days ago (see it here) and already we have a house fully framed, insulated and sheathed. we also have all of the window openings framed and ready for window installation.
today we welcomed a new member to our crew- matt. he has already proven himself to be a huge asset to the project. while mario, björn and pilar worked on the douglas fir beams matt trimmed and built headers for the smaller upstairs windows, nailed all of the top plates for the second floor SIPs and started think about the stair layout.
björn and the guys were able to install the front porch beam as well as the loft beam and they also put on the peak SIP panels for the smaller house as well as the stair well!
i am flying out today (thursday) to go home to maryland for the holidays and i am certainly going to miss being here at the project, but i am also looking forward to a little break.
today we welcomed a new member to our crew- matt. he has already proven himself to be a huge asset to the project. while mario, björn and pilar worked on the douglas fir beams matt trimmed and built headers for the smaller upstairs windows, nailed all of the top plates for the second floor SIPs and started think about the stair layout.
björn and the guys were able to install the front porch beam as well as the loft beam and they also put on the peak SIP panels for the smaller house as well as the stair well!
i am flying out today (thursday) to go home to maryland for the holidays and i am certainly going to miss being here at the project, but i am also looking forward to a little break.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
monday and tuesday recap
they tell me a picture is worth a thousand words so here they are......
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| dave delivering our roof panels |
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| our beautiful 60 year old douglas fir beams from boeing building II |
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| see i do work! |
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| putting up the stair well walls |
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| another snowy day- room with a view |
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| working on the kitchen beam |
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| putting the locals to work |
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| getting ready to raise the beam |
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| pilar roping a big one |
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| a glamour shot of the wall |
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| one big piece of wood |
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| our puzzle is finally together |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
monday night
today was a good day on the job site, we got a lot done! the roof panels showed up as did the huge timbers as we thought. we also decided to have an early christmas dinner with björn's parents and grandparents.....so i drank a lot of wine and am waaaaaaay to tired to write a blog post tonight so you will have to wait til mid-morning to see what we accomplished monday!
stay tuned!
stay tuned!
our christmas menu
beef gravy
green beans with toasted pecans
roasted new potatoes
homemade cranberry relish
creamed onions
WINE!
Monday, December 19, 2011
weekend update
happy monday morning- the sun is still shining here in Durango and temperatures we beautiful all weekend. saturday was a very productive day with mario, pilar, and björn working hard to get the second floor system completed and ready for panels.
the same system was used for the second floor as seen here on the first floor. i-joists were laid up on the tops of the first floor sip panels with some spanning the entire 35' and others being supported by the first floor structural walls that björn and i built a little while back as seen here. rim board finished the edge of the second floor and then the same warm board product was applied with floor adhesive and 16d nails (all this refers to is the length of the nail- they are 3.25")
mario and pilar then applied the same 2x8 nailing plates to the perimeter of the second floor, which the sip panels sit down on.
björn and i worked on building the rear wall of the great room. this piece is quite the puzzle because of all of the windows that are in this wall, and the fact that this wall is supporting the ridge beam which supports the roof. this simply means there is a lot of lumber that we have to fit into the panels to give enough support for this wall. we actually have taken a few days to figure out this wall and it is now finally all ready to hoist up sometime tomorrow.
other things we worked on this weekend- cleaning up the site- again! this is a continuing project and sometimes feels like we can never keep up but björn and i made a pretty big dent and the site looks wonderful now and ready for the week.
our roof panels are supposed to be showing up on the tractor trailer today along with the old douglas fir beams that we bought from San Juan Timber Rights. these beams should be beautiful and i can't wait to photograph them and share them with you.
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| warmboard on the second floor |
the same system was used for the second floor as seen here on the first floor. i-joists were laid up on the tops of the first floor sip panels with some spanning the entire 35' and others being supported by the first floor structural walls that björn and i built a little while back as seen here. rim board finished the edge of the second floor and then the same warm board product was applied with floor adhesive and 16d nails (all this refers to is the length of the nail- they are 3.25")
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| the view from the top |
mario and pilar then applied the same 2x8 nailing plates to the perimeter of the second floor, which the sip panels sit down on.
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| putting on the nailing plates |
björn and i worked on building the rear wall of the great room. this piece is quite the puzzle because of all of the windows that are in this wall, and the fact that this wall is supporting the ridge beam which supports the roof. this simply means there is a lot of lumber that we have to fit into the panels to give enough support for this wall. we actually have taken a few days to figure out this wall and it is now finally all ready to hoist up sometime tomorrow.
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| working on our puzzle |
other things we worked on this weekend- cleaning up the site- again! this is a continuing project and sometimes feels like we can never keep up but björn and i made a pretty big dent and the site looks wonderful now and ready for the week.
our roof panels are supposed to be showing up on the tractor trailer today along with the old douglas fir beams that we bought from San Juan Timber Rights. these beams should be beautiful and i can't wait to photograph them and share them with you.
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| looking down on the great room |
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| proud parents of the house |
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| the second floor is complete |
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| big windows in the lower level bedroom |
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| raising the stairwell walls |
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| the second floor panels are up top and ready to rock! |
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| the puzzle coming together- we hope to get it up monday |
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| grandma shirley getting a lift to the second floor |
photos via shirley hargraves and whitney warner
Friday, December 16, 2011
progress report: its FRIDAY
yesterday was a day of small goals with very important results to prepare us for the weekend ahead. björn and mario worked on headers and a few other SIP panels while glen readied the main section of the house for the second story to be rolled out today.
we also hoisted a huge interior structural wall which gave the great room all four walls. i plan on doing a follow up post later this evening so that you can see just what we got done today and what the plan for the weekend is.
we also hoisted a huge interior structural wall which gave the great room all four walls. i plan on doing a follow up post later this evening so that you can see just what we got done today and what the plan for the weekend is.
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| the south wall of the great room |
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| björn and glen working on the top plates of the first floor SIP panels |
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| our giant great room wall, this is a structural wall which will carry the roof panels |
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| raising the wall |
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| i look like im lifting a lot- but really i had the light end |
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| making sure the wall is perfectly straight and level |
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| a view of the house from across the river |
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