Today Kevin's guy came and framed up the Front Farmers porch. They didn't deck it as we haven't chosen our decking yet.

Eric's guys finished up the roof over the bumpout in the toy room and also worked on trim and interior walls.

Today was a cleanup day.

Today the Roof over the Toy Room was put up.

They also worked on the trim today.

Today the framing crew filled in the last section of roof between the garage and the house. It doesn't quite look like we had anticipated. I think it will probably need some tweakin...

The roof over the master bath was installed today.

The Cellar stairs were installed today. View From the Front.

More work on the roofs. We ran into some difficulty on the roof that attaches the house to the garage. The way the roofline is on the plans we would have only a 58" high doorway to access the extra space in our attic. We changed this section of the roof to a gambrel and it appears to have provided us the necessary headroom to be able to utilize the main attic. The missing section below is what is going to be done as a Gambrel.

Here is the view from the Main attic looking back at the roof of the garage over the entrance from the stairs.

The final shape of the house is starting to take shape as the Framers work more on the Roof Framing for the garage.

Here is Mom and Joe in the unfinished room over the garage.

Today the Roof Started Going up.

More Framing....Today was a great weather day for the framing crew. They installed the Gable end for the kids Bath, Began the attic stairs, built part of the Garage Roof/walls, and continued to install the Attic Floor.

The Kids Bathroom:

The Attic Stairs Started:

Garage Gable End and Dormers:

Another Day of Framing the Attic Floor:

Another Hot Day!!! Framers could only stand it for a few hours but they still managed to throw up a couple of walls:

Yesterday we visited New Bedford to pick up the old pocket doors from Gramp's old house. we plan to use them in the upstairs hall to the kids bedrooms. They will need a lot of refinishing work. This morning the lumber for the second floor walls and the roof was delivered:

Due to the extreme heat the framers could only work half a day. They still managed to get some of the second floor walls up.

This post is not about the house in Hopkinton, it is actually some pictures of Gramps' old house in NB. The new owners have really spruced it up.

Today the cement guy came and cut the concrete floors in ordeer to control cracking:

We were also surprised by someone dropping of a load or two of clean fill. I guess the sign we put up earlier in the week is starting to work.

Today the Concrete guys put in the cement floor in the cellar and in the Garage:

It is going to be a slow week as the framing crew is on vacation. While they are gone we have decided to go with the "New Orleans" / "Florida" look for the house.

This weekend Joe and I did a little cleanup in the house. I thought Pepere would enjoy the photos below.

Today the Framing Crew finished up the second floor deck and installed the lally columns in the Garage. They cleaned up the site as they are on vacation Friday and next week. Below is the Deck looking from the bedrooms towards the garage.

Here is the Deck loooking the opposite way - Garage towards the bedrooms:

The kids Bedrooms and Bath are on the far side of the stair opening in the picture below:

Front View of the House:

Back of the house:

Back view of the house taken from the top of the Garage:

Our back stairs taken from the kitchen:

Alot of work was done on the 2nd Floor Framing today. They also installed both sets of Stairs. The picture below is taken from me standing on the outside edge of the garage looking back at the house:

This is the opposite picture looking back from over the toy room back towards the garage:

The picture below is of the kids bedrooms and bath:

Here are the main stairs for the house:

Here are the back stairs:The front room will cantilever out into the roof of the front porch:
The garage is starting to take shape:
The framers were able to move the concrete cutouts so they don't get in the way of the cement floor guys who are expected next week:
We were fortunate to receive some free fill from a local person who is having an inground pool installed. We need about 10 more pools to get us close to where we need to be for fill:

4 th of July

Today Dad and I worked at the lot cleaning up the site and finishing the installation of the conduit for the utilities. We glued on the last pieces of pipe and backfilled most of the trench.

Despite the temps in the 90s today, the framers were able to put in many of the beams needed for the second floor as well as the joists over the Family Room and the Toy Room. Below is the ceiling of the FR and TR:

This is the Toy Room:
Here is the Family Room:
The framers also set the main beams in the garage:
Here is the view from the second floor. Still a lot of Joists to go in:
Here is Laura looking out from the Dining Room.