The camera was misplaced for a week, and so, there's a little bit of a disconnect between the last blog and this one.
While I was away last week the concrete guys were able to frame and pour our infamous structural garage slab. Man, the amount of rebar in there is quite impressive! Pictures can only convey so much. I often wonder if it was overdesigned, and maybe, if I had paid more attention in Reinforced Concrete Design class (and if I actually did that for a living) then I might be able to figure it out. Of course, engineering rule-of-thumb is, take the answer you get from your design problem and multiply by a safety factor of 5 million... I jest. I can't remember anymore.
Otherwise, construction continued with the second floor deck and second floor walls. I don't remember if we took a picture for the record, but we had an extra joist left over and the carpenters were using it as a ladder into the basement. Yeah, really safe. Yikes! And they wear sneakers on the site. That makes me nervous sometimes.
So, our three-year old Project Assistant (see picture) is now referring to the house as her "new house" and not just "the big hole". It's pretty cute. We were able to point out the windows in her room, and she's quite excited about the idea of having a "princess" room.
We leave you with a picture of the front elevation with the roof sheathing completed as of Friday, 9/16.
Posted by julietiu
at 22:29 CDT
Updated: 18 September 2005 22:40 CDT