The first 18' tall 2x6 wall is almost completed
Yours truly is not a midget; these walls are huge!
Steve puts together the rear 1st floor wall
Lisa stands in a great room window opening
Steve lets me saw open the dining room window
Our empty kitchen
The front living room gets pieced together
This will be the wall that backs the stairwell
The 1st floor bath will sit here
Framing the front door and capping the utility hall
The 1st floor is almost framed
Now the south garage wall
Steve constructs the decorative dining room alcove
Preparing a small wall
Installing microlam above the dining room
Nails, construction adhesive and douglas fir shims hold this baby in place
Mike's stair landing ready for subflooring
Covering the landing
Enclosing the 1st floor hall closet
Building the garage header "in-place"
Sheathing the garage front
All caps plates are in place
Mike and Steve discuss plan details
The initial 2nd floor joist is a heavy microlam
These microlams can support 27,000 pounds
Huge microlam beams are "walked" up
18" deep microlams under the master bedroom
Garage below, master bedroom above