Well, it took even a few days longer than I thought, but we finally finished framing in the Great Room.  It is now no longer one “Great Room” but rather 6 smaller but more functional rooms.

Getting Framing Done

 

I know it is hard to tell what you are seeing when you can see through the walls, but that last picture is with all the walls complete.   After this pic we also added all of the headers that you might notice are missing (if you know what they are).

Upcoming Work

The HVAC guys said they “might” be in this week to put in the venting, most likely next week though because of the holiday.  We can then do the electrical and finish plumbing for the shower/tub.   We also need to add the insulation in the outside walls.  By the end of next week we might be ready for sheetrock.

The kids have been quite helpful in small spurts.  We’ve found they are most helpful when we only take 2 of them.  If we have them all then they ALL want to be the one in charge of JR.  If we leave some at home and rotate 2 different helpers each day than they work harder, learn more (I think), and have better attitudes.   Even when we have them all though, they are all quite good.

With only 49 days to go until school starts we better work quick or we aren’t going to be done in time.