Deck posts, and more roofing

Things are progressing.   The roof is about 75% sheeted.  and all 6 of the deck posts are set.   The posts are stained with Cabots Australian Timber Oil ( Mahogany Flame ).  We did the staining over the weekend  I'm curious to see how well it holds up to the weather.  The ends are treated with a copper naphthenate spray to prevent decay.

Tomorrow the roof covering and front deck framing should wrap up.  Decking won't be installed until closer to the end to prevent it from getting damaged.  A couple sheets of OSB will serve as temporary decking.

Here are the latest pics.

Deck ledger, and posts connected to the piers, left beam has just been set.

Close up 

View from other side.   You can see that the roof still needs to be closed up too

Roof

Roof day 1.

Today the framers started erecting the trusses.   They completed about 80% of the job, and should wrap it up, and begin sheeting tomorrow.   Windows and doors will be delivered tomorrow too.  

This is shaping up to be a week with a lot of blog posts.

Starting to look like a house

Looking up from below

TRUSSES!!!

They arrived!!!

Late today the truss truck showed up.   All of the trusses have been put on top of the walls and the crew will be out Monday am to start rolling them.   We should have a roof by the end of next week.  

The roof has a very low slope.   A 3/12 to be exact.   Meaning for every 12 inches of length, the height increases by 3 inches.    A majority if not all asphalt shingle companies will not warranty on slopes lower than 4/12.   That along with aesthetics and lifetime maintenance considerations led us to select metal for our roofing material.  We will be using a standing seam roof manufactured by ASC.  

The reason we chose this slope was due to the local covenants restricting the height of the final structure to 14 feet above the highest point on the property.  The restrictions are in place to protect the views for all the neighbors.   Changing from a 4/12 to a 3/12 allowed us to be 18 inches higher on the main floor.   There were other options to get even higher, but we like the feel of 9 foot ceilings, and we needed at least a 3/12 slope on the South facing roof for the solar panels.   I guess we could have done an 8 foot wall with a vaulted ceiling for the roomier feel, but we had to choose one option and thought this was the easiest and it accomplished our goals.

Here are some pics of the delivery

Trucks setting up to unload the trusses.   Notice the boom truck with it's back wheels off the ground.

First set on it's way up

Up they go

Coming in for landing

Set 2 on it's way up

All done.   Last set on the far right was set upright.   You won't see much roof from the road with the low angle.

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Waiting for trusses

We were hoping to get the trusses last week, but the supplier didn't have them ready.  Instead we are getting them tomorrow, only about 10 days later than we wanted.   Luckily the framers were able to work on a few other tasks to keep them busy until the trusses arrive.

The framers wrapped up all of the exterior and interior wall framing, along with double checking all of the engineering hardware and having the city sign off on the exterior nailling.    They also started prepping the ICFs for siding and framed the back deck.    This afternoon they put up the southwest corner roof post and set up scaffolding to place the beams tomorrow.

We've been keeping busy by back filling all of the deck support post footing holes, and staining and priming deck materials.   Here are some of the latest pics.

Finished deck support pier with the bracket in place.   The brackets were set in the concrete when it was wet.

Another pier

The line up of deck piers

Roof support pier with the 6x6 post put up.

Scaffolding and the post waiting for the beams

Back of the house, getting closer to being ready for siding

Back deck 

Deck columns

Today those fancy brackets got put into some concrete.  Allure custom concrete was onsite to do the curb replacement for the driveway and to pour the deck columns.   The framing crew has pretty much wrapped up the interior walls and are starting work on the decks framing, and prepping for siding.  The roof post also needs to be set but that will still be a few days off while the concrete cures.  We had a few materials mix ups today too, but that should all get straightened out tomorrow.

Here are the latest pics.

pump truck on site to pour some concrete.

New curb is set

back deck footings

deck column forms

Inside of one of the forms.  The pieces of wood on each side are 3/4 inch chamfer board to make the columns more decorative

The 3 deck columns from above

Filling the roof post column with concrete

Upstairs framing nearing completion.  This shows the master bedroom on the right, a linen closet straight ahead with the master closet behind it, and the powder bath to the left

Dining room

Backfill done, deck post footings dug, and some upper floor walls

Yesterday I just posted some pics real quick, so today I'm going back to post some words about what's been going on.    

Backfill:   Tuesday and Wednesday Mike from Catapult Construction came out and filled in the utility trench, and back filled around the foundation.  He also move a couple of rocks for me, put some dirt in to provide more of an apron on the front of the garage.  After he was done he dug out some holes for the deck footings.  And one last thing before he left was to cut the street curb.   I ran into a few issues with the city around that as apparently the curb is part of public works and is not included in my building permit.  After some phone calls it all got straightened out.

Deck Footings:   I was suprised on Tuesday by a call from Edco that my custom brackets were done.  I was expecting them to take an additional week.   This really helped out as I was able to get my concrete guy to come out on Friday to start pouring the piers for the deck, and to form up the curb for my driveway access.

Framing:   The framing crew has wrapped up the SIPs and are finishing up the interior walls.   I ran into another road block with the building supply store where the trusses won't be delivered for 2 weeks.   In order to keep the framers busy we have shifted gears a bit and our going to start working on the decks and getting the southwest corner roof post and beam set.  This actually works out well as having the front deck in place will make it easier to install windows, siding, etc.

Deck support brackets

Front yard.  

deck pier footing holes

back deck footing hole

Backyard

Upstairs office and coat closet

upstairs office

furring of master bath wall

SIPs are up. Backfill started

Today the framers finished up the SIP construction.   This means that all of the exterior walls are up.  They will begin the upper floor interior walls tomorrow.   Our excavator came out today and did a big chunk of the back fill.  Tomorrow he'll finish closing up the trench and fine tuning things closer to the house, and in the front yard.   The changes today were fairly dramatic, probably the biggest change since day 1.

On another note my deck brackets are now complete.  I'll pick them up tomorrow and see when I can get the posts poured, so that roof construction may be scheduled.

Southwest corner

Backyard

Grade going up to front door.  Need to figure out these stairs

North wall

Looking at the West wall from the inside

South wall

SIPs East and North Wall

Framers completed the East wall and most of the North wall last week.  They should finish the West and South Walls by mid week.  On Tuesday the excavator is coming back to complete the back fill.

East Wall.  Back fill will cover the black part of the foundation on Tuesday

North wall.  Two far windows are for the Master bedroom, larger opening is dining room window and closest is a window above the stairway

North wall looking towards the back door.

East wall