Framing progress.  Most of the first floor walls are framed and they are currently working on the mudroom connector.  Floor trusses are planned to be delivered in the next couple days and early next week they will begin framing the second floor.  The garage slab is being poured next week.  As soon as that dries/cures the garage framing will start.

 View through downstairs bedroom window.

 Window in Library

 Standing in the kitchen looking towards Living Room and Dining Room sliding doors.  The post in the middle of the openings is only temporary bracing until the beam is set above the wall.

Foundation wall waterproofed.  Next steps pour garage slab and start framing.

The back yard is rough graded.  It is going to be a really nice large yard.  The foundation corner in the middle of the photo is the back corner of the garage with the house beyond.  The garage foundation is stepped up to catch the grade at the high point around the structure.

Concrete pads in the crawl space for the posts that will support the central beam below the floor joists.

A close up view of the spray on wall waterproofing.  The brick will build up from the stepping portion of the wall you see here.

Foundation is almost complete.  The rebar is being set and the cores of the block are being poured solid with concrete this afternoon / tomorrow morning.  The foundation waterproofing will go in tomorrow and framing should start next week.

 

The back yard is being flattened out and is looking great.  The removal of additional trees and spreading the excess dirt to the Northeast is creating a much larger backyard.  The dozer is sitting at approximately the crest of the berm which will continue Northeast to create a buffer to the fence running along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

 



The Track Hoe is parked on the autocourt.  The grade is fairly close to the final level of the Auto Court.  The next step here will be to build the retaining wall on the front side.  The machine has just removed a large pile of dirt in this location.

A view from the Auto Court looking at the connector and towards the front of the house.

Standing in the Auto Court looking back towards the connector and garage.

A view looking down the foundation wall at the back of the house.

 

Back side of the garage.

Standing on the mound in the backyard looking at the footprint of the house.  The garage is in foreground.

Looking down on the footprint of the garage.

 

An nice gradual driveway slope up to the Auto Court.