Walls

Still really smoky here.  Floors are 99% finished and I built the last bearing wall for the basement. It was so exciting as I nailed all the pieces together, placing the header for the doorway and everything.  Then, oooh I stood it up and it was good.  Cathryn is here tomorrow and we will nail it into place.  The load of walls on the trailer were put in place, some upright, some lying down still waiting for more sections.

Master bedroom french door access to deck

North wall almost to entrance door.

This took about 2 hours to do so it won't take long to get them all up. We are leaving some off to erect the timber frames but still lots of other work to do.  I really like the view from up here.  You can see the Walker Valley and marshes in the distance.  The view will be well above the nearby houses as well. 

Looking northwest

We have lots to do over the weekend including framing over the stairwell  and  the fireplace floor holes for safety. We won't need this access for a while. There is an airport appreciation day tomorrow so we'll head over there for a while. Take a little break and then back at it.  By the way I found the big hydraulic leak on our backhoe.  Seems the previous owner had installed a new 1 inch line for pressure to the hoe but didn't get it tight enough. Easy fix but lots of fluid on the ground. I was pretty excited when I got it all done! All in all and pretty exciting day.  How's that Kyla?

Len