Encouraging Progress

We are now a little over 1 week since we poured the foundation, and look at all of the exciting progress. The first floor is almost fully framed. It’s a good thing too, because we have the roofers scheduled to come put a roof on this thing within the coming week. The rapid nature of the progress at this point gets me very excited. It adds a lot of confidence that we will be able to hit our target of completing this house in September. Of course, I always have to remind myself that progress seems to slow considerably as the house gets closer to completion. My optimism gets the best of me, though, when the house seems so much further along everytime I turn around:

First Floor Framing - Front

First Floor Framing - Rear

First Floor Framing - Interior

You’ll also notice from these pictures that we are using true plywood for the exterior wall sheathing. It is a common practice to use oriented strand board (OSB), which is cheaper. The problem with using OSB is that it is prone to warping, and so it causes the exterior siding to appear warped as well. In an effort to maintain a high standard of quality and aesthetic appeal in this project, we elected to spend the extra money on true plywood here so that we might avoid the appearance of uneven lines in the siding later in the project.