The Shape of Things to Come

3rd week of July

Yesterday the trusses were delivered. 


Garage Trusses, ready to be erected

Today they were all erected!  Alex was home and we had hoped he would see them erected. But apparently it happened very quickly, and before he realized it they were all up!


Front Corner of the House

Trusses are factory-fabricated.  Almost every one of them is different, in large part because we have a "hip" roof.  There are also several roof areas - the main house roof, the garage roof, the family room roof extension, and a few small "eyebrow" roofs.


Looking at the front of the house

Now the size and shape of the house is is place!  It's fascinating to sense how much bigger it is than the old house.  We sited the new house almost exactly where the old house was.  It was the best place for the house given the natural grades of the lot.  But the new house is about 10-feet wider, 15-feet deeper, and 3-feet higher.


Looking at the rear of the house

A maze of wood framing

The family room roof framing will be built with rafters.  Right now you can look up from the floor of the family room to see a lot of wood framing.  Standing at the mailbox the house definitely has more of a presence.