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Here we go again!


Trusses arrived today! This was the first of two loads!


That's a lot of trusses.


This week, in preparation for the trusses the crew came out for a few days to get some of the upstairs done that didn't need the truesses.


This is looking from the great room into the kitchen and above the kitchen and front room we have some bedrooms. 


They started the staircase and I noticed that under the landing there was A TON of wasted space. See above and below. 


I asked our builder about in and she said she'd talk with the crew. 


The steel beam arrived for the garage. It is very big.


The crew finished the stairs and opened it up BIG TIME! I was super happy about this. It increased the storage in our house dramatically. I'm six feet tall and can walk into the farthest back part of this closet standing straight up. IT IS AWESOME!!!


More closet.


Where the ladders are stored is about 6 feet tall!



Landing on the staircase.


Down this hall will be another bedroom and a loft and my music room.


View from one of the bedrooms upstairs.


View from the other bedroom upstairs.


This is essentially the master suite/wing. Nothing will be built on top of it but I thought it was a cool view from the second floor. 


They installed the beam. View from below. 


Beam view from above.

With the trusses arriving today I'm really hoping that we can get going and make up for lost time. We lost about a month waiting for the trusses but the windows are in and waiting for installation. I am hoping that within 3 or 4 weeks we can be all done with the framing and moving to electrical, pluming and HVAC stuff. 

 

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