Progress has moved along quickly since the last posting. The main part of the house is mostly framed now except for the 2 story, 2 bedroom wing on the right(back filled foundation showing and waiting for the slab to be poured). The students in the high school building program will hop on the framing as soon as the slab cures. The Douglas fir timber frame is installed in the great room and looks beautiful. And north roof sheathing is in place. A tricky framing job was the rafters for the ascending ridge over the entry door and mud room. Every rafter was a different length. The water well has been connected into the basement.
Here is the south wall of the dining room. It will have a sliding door out to a deck. The kitchen to the right faces south southeast to catch the morning sun while the living room to the left faces south southwest to gain afternoon sun and a great view of Mt Monadnock. We plan to have the south roof sheathed in several days. In spite of the warm weather we all know that winter is on it's way. The plan is to have our standing seam metal roof on and windows in during December so we can work inside under cover and out of the cold winter winds and snow.
Here is Hank attaching the gable end rafters to the ridge pole at the southern end of the dining room which will have the best view in the entire house, with views to the east, south and west. The leaves are all off the trees now and the ground will be all white soon. But don't despair the cold weather, remember that in a little over a month the days will be getting longer again. Spring will be on it's way.
