Well, besides seeing the fact that our son likes to get in front of the camera any time he can, you can also see the roof trusses are being erected into place and braced. The trusses over the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms are up (left side of picture), as are most of the trusses over the main part of the house. For the larger trusses, still not erected are some trusses over the master bedroom/closet (main part of house - right side of picture) and all of the garage (not visible). Smaller trusses over the computer room (behind our son) and master bath (far right side of picture) as well as the entry area over the center of the front porch (between the two) still need to be erected as well.
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The two gaps in the trusses are where the dormer windows are going to be built. These will function as skylights in the dining room and living room areas. The roof trusses on either side of these dormers are "doubled up" to account for the "missing" trusses.
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I am surprised that he is this far along, as he estimated trusses would take about 2 weeks to erect. He's done this much in 2 days (Tuesday and today). Tomorrow is calling for rain, so he's got rainy weather items on his agenda, namely checking into the doors and windows we want, getting the 400 amp main electrical panel and the subpanels to serve the house and water pump/misc (200 amp and 100 amp respectively, I think), checking on the tub and toilets we picked out yesterday, etc. The weather forecast shows clear skies after this little hiccup until Friday, January 12th - good weather for building!
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We decided to go with Toto toilets. We have heard nothing but good things about them from plumbers, product reviews, and our builder, who says he recently switched to using them in his projects with great success. Here's where you can find more info on them:
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