Floor and Sill Plate

9/21/2014    just installed the floor and joist in the last few weeks  then the inch 1/8 th plywood.    we left a couple of sheets off to help with the crawl space access.   the stone mason installed some samples of mortar color and depth and will start shortly with the chimney decorative rock.    we are now installing the 2x12 around the top of the rastra wall to give the truss work a place to attach.   we have moved more dirt up to the house to make it easier to work on.   

before the floor joist  were installed we built two pony walls the length of the house to help support the concrete floor that will be poured later this winter with the radiant floor tubing in it.  the pony walls have three crawl space openings in each so we can have access to all the underfloor areas.   we attached simpson brackets to the floor ledger that was hung last year, we had to coordinate the bracket with the 3/4 inch anchor bolts that were imbedded into the rastra wall . all the vertical 2x6 pony wall supports had to line up with the floor joist for support.   the floor joist came full width of the house to make installing them easier , just trim to length and slide down into the bracket .  alot of wood blocking and nailing finished the job.

with the plywood down we marked out the walls on the interior of the house so plumping will be easier and after rough plumping will come the heat duct work.   then  we will attach the last sheet of plywood and use the crawl space opening . 

pictures below

Back Fill and Floor Trusses

September 3, 2014 Wednesday

 With the piping inspected we filled the trenches around the house.  Then we continued to back fill around the house.  The carport was filled with gravel that was compacted in lifts.  The dirt line shows in the photos below. 

The chimney is completed with cinder block. Waiting for the decorative  rock to be installed. Doug, Ruth and Helen drove around town to look at rock on houses to pick the color for the chimney.

The floor trusses are going in.  Before setting the trusses Doug built two pony walls the length the house. The trusses will sit on the walls. The trusses span the full width of the house.  The bedroom trusses are shown in the photo below.