The framing is well underway! This is the most exciting phase of the build because you can see so much progress and really begin to visualize room sizes.
Stick ‘Em Up
Life
Beam Me Up Scotty!
Colt & Jay came down today and set the steel I-beam in the basement. It rained a little off an on this morning, but ended up being a great afternoon. They stuck it out and then Rob & I came down later in the afternoon and helped them set the floor joists as well. Mandatory Budweiser consumption followed, of course.
1, 2, 3, Floor
We have a floor! Either that or now the Webster county swimming pool has a floor. Either way, we’re glad to see it done!
Gettin’ Dirty
The guys came down today to start moving some dirt out from the walkout basement area. They know how to run these machines, so they made pretty quick work out of it and moved a lot of dirt. They also had a remote controlled “Wacker Packer” that they used to pack some of the fill dirt in various places. You could feel it vibrating the ground from twenty feet away.
Let it Rain?
In the last 20 days we have had over 5 inches of rain at our build site (5.20″ to be exact). I guess all a person needs to do is dig a hole in the ground and mother nature will make it her mission to fill it up! Here is a map of Nebraska showing cumulative rainfall totals for the past 30 days. We’re happy to get the moisture, but hope it will dry out long enough so we can get some more progress on the build.
