What A Week!

Well, one week has passed and everything is different. The SIP guys got reinforcements and a crane and the SIPs are done. Completely! Well, they do have to foam some inside seams but the big installation is behind us. The second floor is totally framed and the phones and electric outlets/switches are done on the outside walls. Our heads are spinning!

The crane makes short work of the roof

The Northeast upstairs bedroom - Laurie's room

The upstairs bathroom with storage/mechanical space above

The 10'x10'10" storage room

Brian and Kattrina's bedroom/heroin den

Hadrian's Wall

The sheer wall is being erected so as to hold the building together and keep the Pictish rebels out. SIP installation has stalled due to old man winter.

The sheer wall installation begins

A reverse view

The bedroom/computer room/bathroom area

SIP status quo

The Penthouse

Half of the 2nd floor joist and subfloor has been laid and work is set to begin on the sheer wall, basically a sheet of 3/4" plywood on either side of the timbers that divide the two bays of the barn that include the 2nd floor. We need to make a few cuts to main beams for doorways upstairs and the plywood sheer wall will run from the floor to the peak of the roof to maintain stability.

The loft, facing east

The loft, facing west, with bedrooms and closets temporarily visible below

An underside look

Laminate I-Beams support the 2nd floor, just like the 1st

The Barn Gets A Hat

The roof SIP installation has progressed slowly but surely, despite the encroachment of ice. By next week, they are hoping to bring in a crane to do the 2nd half of the roof SIPs. The windows should arrive in 3 weeks, the RauPanel for radiant floor heat is on order and the electric meter is hooked up. Inside, the 2nd floor joist is going in. Progress!

10 inch thick, R38 SIPs are the order of the day for the roof



If the incoming ice storm doesn't freeze us, the easy half of the roof will be done this week

You can see the thickness of the panels very well here



Look at our beautiful electric meter

SIPs: Missing In Action

Well, we've run out of the right sized SIPs for the lower left corner of the North wall, but they are on order for next week. In the meantime, the gable section will go up and, who knows, they may even start on the roof. As for the inside, the 1st floor framing is done and the adventure begins for a structurally sound 2nd floor.

The North wall

Brian and Kattrina's bathroom

Scott's bathroom (via his bedroom)

A look from the great room

The Eastern wall gets wrapped

A Room With A View

The SIPs are finished on the Eastern exposure with only the North side and roof remaining SIPless. We can now fully appreciate the wonderful view that we have out of the Eastern side of the barn. We have also learned that, thanks to the addition of tempered glass in some upstairs windows, we can bring the second floor joist up a foot and get our 8' ceilings downstairs!

The nicest computer/sitting room on the eastern seaboard gets its vista

Another view through a window



Foam home

The framing continues