Framed and Waterproofed

 

Some rain in the forecast last week and this meant it was time to take this party inside. Last Friday, the crew was here late to transform this (1pm):

To this (7pm):

The addition now has plywood walls and is now mostly water tight (we saw a couple drippy spots where the roof waterproofing sheets met, but have been assured that will be fully sealed up before insulations and roofing). Here's a fun game--can you see the different between the picture above and this one? Besides the "door," which got added on Monday.

Do you give up? The roof overhang on the right and left shrunk about six inches. D has been very particular about our trim line and wanted minimal overhangs, to match our existing house, which has almost none. The plans call for no trim but the builders added it. We honestly didn't notice until the architects came for a site visit. It was apparently an easy adjustment to make so the crew pulled it back according to the plans.

Now we have an enclosed space that we can (awkwardly) access from our office window. Of course we had to explore. The wall between the bathroom/hallways and the bedroom and the extra wide lintel (because it's a pocket door, so half the doorway will be covered by drywall to contain the door when it's open) has been framed. Still, it was hard to visualize exactly what would go where:

The next time they came to work, visualizing because a whole lot easier. All the internal structures appear to have been framed out. We have a clear hallway and doorway, and the wall behind our bed has been constructed.

On this side, you can see where the shower will go (or maybe you just see a lot of vertical boards, and that's ok too):

Outside the house, the team is working on pouring concrete for our deck footing. Here's a giant cylinder of concrete, drying in a cardboard mold. Obviously there's more hardware that goes in there, since it's still about a foot away from the deck frame:

Here's another view of the footing, from the side:

The site has been quiet for a couple of days, and we're not sure if that's weather related or due to the fact that we're moving on to subcontractors (maybe it's time for plumbing and electric?). We're excited for whatever is coming next.