Second floor finished, almost.

The roof trusses and sheathing were put in today, and all of the interior walls upstairs are now done. Half of the stairs to the basement are also in.

Still to be done is the balcony at the back of the house off the master bedroom, the first to second floor staircase, and the top half of the stairs to the basement. The new construction has also still not been tied into the old house.

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Second floor framing continued...

The framing of the second story continued today. All the exterior walls have now been framed, and the wall around the staircase was done today as well.

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Next stop - second floor

The first floor ceiling/second floor went in today, so framing of the second floor will likely start tomorrow. The main structural steel support posts for the second floor still have to be set as well. That is scheduled to happen Thursday.

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Still framing...

The first floor framing is almost finished at this point. The stairs into the basement have not been completed yet, nor has the new construction been tied into the existing structure, but otherwise it is complete.

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Framing continued

Framing continued today. The back wall went up and the floor went down over the basement.

Someone left a lovely welcome mat in front of the new phone booth in the basement. How thoughtful. They also left a rubber duck, which seems odd...

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Framing has started

The framing started today. We have garage walls again. They also started the framing for the staircase into the basement. The telephone booth is also now in it's final home in the basement.

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Half a basement done

The concrete cap over the front of the basement was poured on Saturday. The back half will be framed with conventional wood trusses, since that part of the floor does not need to support the weight of a car like the front half does.

The telephone booth that is going into the basement arrived on Friday - it will be craned into the basement tomorrow morning. The main support beam for the second floor will also be lifted into place tomorrow while the crane is on site.

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Garage floor deck...

The metal cap was installed on the front half of the basement today. The concrete cap will be poured over it on Saturday, completing the front half of the basement. Apparently the neighborhood thinks we're building a bomb shelter.

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Finishing the wall

The wall was completed today, and the steel deck under the garage floor will be installed tomorrow or Friday, followed by the cement garage floor on Saturday.

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Building a Wall

The wall separating the two rooms in the basement is mostly done - they had to stop part way for an inspection today, so it will get finished tomorrow. The framing for the basement egress window is also being done out of block and can be seen in the back corner of the basement.

The short door in the wall is for access under the stairs, which is where I am planning on installing not only the AV equipment for the home theater (the home theater will be in the front room of the basement), but computer equipment as well (routers/NASs/switches).

The block wall is necessary because the entire front room of the basement will be capped with structural steel and a 4" layer of concrete. This is required because the garage sits on top of the front half of the basement, so the floor has to support the weight of a vehicle.

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8/8/2009: Basement floor

The basement floor was poured yesterday, along with the foundations under the columns on the back patio.

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Walls done, floor next...

The basement walls are finished and the floor is tentatively scheduled to be poured Saturday. They came today and dug under the pillars on the back patio, since those will now be support columns for the second story.

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Gunite continued...

Here's a picture from the end of the day.

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Say Gunite, Gracie.

Today most of the basement walls were formed out of gunite. There is still a small amount of work to be done to finish, so they will be back tomorrow to finish it up. It's amazing how much they were able to do in a single day.

The above picture was taken at about 11am.

Welcome to the 4077th

The first half of the gunite gets done tomorrow, and today guide wires were installed to mark where the inside surface of the walls should be. A drain pipe was also installed in the window well so that we can install a sump pump to hook to a drain (for a sink) at some future point.

I'm not sure what purpose the camouflage cover serves, unless we're expecting a visit from 5 o'clock Charlie in the next few days.

Also, the rebar going down the middle of the basement is where a block wall will be built once the walls and floor are in. The idea is to have two rooms down there - the front room will be a home theater (eventually). The wall will also act as a support for the front half of the first floor, which has to be made with steel and concrete since part of it is the garage floor.

I took a few detail pictures of the wires that were set up today. They and the other pictures taken today can be found here.