Cloudy with a Chance of Amish

We have been waiting for dry weather and appears that this week we finally got our wish with Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning/afternoon having little to no chance of rain.  Thursday and Friday look to be about 50/50 chance but I'll take what I can get.  The equipment shunkin' in the mud onsite can finally be resurrected and put back to work.

The Amish Mafia is still throwing up walls when able.  All first floor perimeter and interior walls, garage walls, and balloon framing is complete.  I know what you're thinking... and no were are not framing walls out of balloons.   Balloon framing is actually a method of wood framing were the vertical members (studs) are continuous the full height of the building, from the first floor plate to the second floor roof rafters (example is family room interior and main foyer rear wall).

The second floor joists (TJIs) arrived today and are about 75% installed with subfloor/decking down. The pre-engineered roof trusses are scheduled to arrive on Friday.  The truck crane will setup and swing the 32' + long trusses into place early next week.  That's always a fun sight to see.  We should be "dried in" within the next 2-3 weeks.  For those of you that are not familiar with the term, dried in refers to the stage of construction where the building is weather tight and mostly protected from the elements.  In this case this would mean that the windows, Tyvek Building paper, and roofing is installed and building is watertight.

Also, if anyone is interested...I am getting a skid-steer (Bobcat) with bucket grapple and 12" wood chipper shredder on Saturday to clear up all the trees and brush I've downed over the last several weekends.   Bring your gloves and work boots.  I'll bring the beer and chicken wings.   Andy  

Front Elevation

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Rear Elevation