Stage 3: The Framing (Months 3 through 5)

It took quite a while, but Jon and his crew are building the Huether family a beautiful house.  During this blog post, I will document the different stages of the framing of 2716 Aspen Road.

The three pictures below is the framing process of the "basement" level, which is built into the side of a hill.  The cinderblock walls on the right hand side of the first picture is on the "bay" side.

In the second picture, you see the "basement" level from the western side (away from the bay) which is where we will drive up from the road below.

In the third picture, you will see the "basement" framed out from the view of the back yard.

The next stage is the first floor. The first picture you see below is Jan looking out (toward the west) out of what will be the guest room window.

The picture below is of the western side of the house as the first level of the house gets framed. You will notice that the wood is being covered by a "foam" product which will add insulation to the house and hopefully keep our energy bills down.

The picture below shows continued framing of our house. We're getting there!!

The picture below is a view looking west at what will eventually be our kitchen.  The big window on the right is where our sink will go and the smaller window on the left is where our kitchen "office" will be located...

The picture below is our first look at what our living room will look like. The room will be 22 ft by about 17 ft...we hope the view of the bay will be great!!

So now we are onto the second floor!  The picture below shows Jan standing on what will eventually be our master bedroom.  Notice all the trees in the background with red ribbons around them...the won't be around too much longer!

The picture below shows Ben (on the right) and Hannah (sitting on the left) standing on the the second floor.  The house in the distance (to the south) is our neighbors the Boniors.

 

As you can see below, the second floor is coming along...from left to right, there is Hannah's bedroom, then Ben's bedroom and the master bedroom on the right.

 I took this picture below to highlight all the work that Jon and his crew did to build our roof/second floor....it was a real construction project...everything was built by hand...with great craftmanship

Here is a picture of our builder Jon Bird working on the second floor roof...a true craftsman!

Finally, with the second floor coming into shape, we can now see what our house is going to look like from half way down the driveway..Wow!!...we can't wait to move in!!

Below is a view from the south east...as you see there is a dormer (on the left) facing the south...this eventually will be Hannah's closet.

Here is a view (from the East) of the house.. As you see, the second floor is coming together.  Ben's bedroom is in the middle..Hannah's is on the left and Jan and Dave's in on the right....

Below, you see Jan (in front of the window on the ground floor) standing in front of the back of our house as our master "copula" is being built...

Here is Jon's crew, led by Migal, building our "copula" in the master bedroom.  It took Jon's crew about 3 weeks to build our roof...but the wait was worth it...they did a great job...

Hannah and I went out on the water (Chesapeake Bay) with our good friends the Serpans (Dave, Felecia and Lilly) in their motor boat and I took this picture of our house from the Bay!!

Finally...the roof is on and the second floor is complete!!  Now its off to roofing, windows, siding and starting on the interior!!