5-30-08 Framing

Today is Saturday, and none of the crews are working. Here's a look at what they got done yesterday. This is the front porch loking west. The sheathing is all on for the bottom floor and all the columns are in.

This shows the header for the columns. I was surprised that it was that big, but I guess it has to be to support the roof

Again looking west, this time into one of the living room windows. This is actually the living room and the dining room combined. There's a header on the right in the picture that outlines the space that will lead into the kitchen. There won't be a door there, just a big opening.

Now on the west side of the house looking east. The columns and the huge header over them make it look like a Spanish hacienda. While I was there this morning I set up a sprinkler to water the big oak tree that I'm trying to save. The tree guy advised me to do this to keep it from being too stressed out if the weather was dry. We had a big rain last weekend, but nothing since.