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Officialy started building my friends new home around the first week of April 2006.  A 13 months later its still not done but getting much closer.  Would have been finshed by now but when weather, money, and time came into the equation it slowed down quite a bit.

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First week of May 2006.

Middle of June 2006.  1st floor completed, floor trusses for 2nd floor all layed and being sheeted.

Late August 2006 about a week after I got back from Taiwan.  No pics of the 2nd floor framing, I only helped frame the outer walls before I took off.  Started laying the roof trusses the day after I returned.  This was taken about 1/2 an hour before a pretty bad storm blew in.

March 2007.  Looked like this through the winter.  Temporary doors put in.  To cold to do anything outside we worked on the inside.  The electrical, phone, cable, heating/cooling, and plumbing was all ran.  Also insulated the upstairs and part of the downstairs.  Drywall on the second floor is almost done.  First floor has yet to be started.

And finally Aprill 23rd 2007.  All windows were put in this week.  There was a problem with the doors and they were taken back.  They are now in (no shots with them though.)  Looking to finish by the middle of August.  Not to bad for a group of us who have built this thing whenever we had free time  In the next couple months the entire outside will be bricked, a 2 story front porch will be built, ground will be sloped and leveled, and the inside will be finished including hard wood floors in all but the bedrooms and bathrooms.  
 

Will post more shots as we begin to finish.  Would get some inside shots but its quite a mess at the moment.

Congrats. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Nice. 8-)


What kind of siding are you going to put on it?

Good stuff, Carl.



Watch that first step. It's a doozy.

Good job. Makes me wistful for when I used to swing a hammer for a living... although I didn't enjoy it much at the time.

Good stuff, Carl.



Watch that first step. It's a doozy.

 First thing that came to my mind!!

 Great job!!  Looks like it's going to be a beautiful home when your done!!

What's with you Americans and all those wooden houses anyways?


I wouldn't build my house from wood if I lived in an area in which Tornados are not uncommon...

What kind of siding are you going to put on it?

All brick unless we can talk him out of it.  It would look great but with the cost and time that goes into brick it just wouldn't be practical right now.  Trying to talk him into just putting brick upto the base of the 1st floor windows then put a tan siding on the rest, then dark red shutters on all the windows.  Only problem is the windows and doors were custom made and were framed for brick.  So changing the settup could be a problem.

What's with you Americans and all those wooden houses anyways?  I wouldn't build my house from wood if I lived in an area in which Tornados are not uncommon...

Wood is a lot cheaper and easier to work with (unless its native lumber...which is another story :-/ ) Brick would be quite expensive.  With wood you can move quickly and finish a house in no time if you have a crew.  If anyones ever seen the Amish build a house its truely amazing.  They litteraly put up a house last year in a week...scarier yet that it was a full 2 story...started with only a basement and a week later the homeowners were moving in  Had that house been all brickwork they would have taken a lot longer.  

Tornados are common in some areas but not others.  We have a lot of them here but mostly they stay out in fields.  Its been almost 10 years since a tornado did any major damage to this town.  Its more strong wind gusts or strait-line winds that we worry about.  A tornado will do its fair share of damage regaurdless of what the house is made of.  At least with wood you can build a new one quickly and cost effectivly.

Wood is a lot cheaper and easier to work with (unless its native lumber...which is another story :-/ ) Brick would be quite expensive.

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A tornado will do its fair share of damage regaurdless of what the house is made of.  At least with wood you can build a new one quickly and cost effectivly.

Yeah, but you would have to replace everything, not just the roof.

Well, if your insurance plays along...why not.

Wood is a lot cheaper and easier to work with (unless its native lumber...which is another story :-/ ) Brick would be quite expensive.

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A tornado will do its fair share of damage regaurdless of what the house is made of.  At least with wood you can build a new one quickly and cost effectivly.

Yeah, but you would have to replace everything, not just the roof.

Well, if your insurance plays along...why not.

Bj

But could you still say "my house is my castle" then?


I doubt that wooden houses would be successful here.
If the next monster storm comes along...

Wood is actually a great means of construction. It's replacable, so environmetally friendly ( if grown and harvested the right way), has excellent strenght and indurance and provides good isolation. It's used alot when people build environmentally friendly, here in Belgium. I always had my doubts to, but then I heared that wooden beams are prefered over concrete or steel, when it comes to fire-withstanding. It may seem illogical to us Europeans, who always use brick and concrete to build, but when you think about it...

Excellent looking building triple7. I wouldn't call is a house, it's soooo big! It's almost a castle!  :o

Wood is cheap in the US compared to elsewhere on the planet. We grow it by the millions of board-feet all over the country. Our Great Northwest has fir and spruce and pine and redwood coming out its ears. The East has hickory and oak. The Southeast has pine that is grown like weeds on farms specifically for such a thing. Wood is easy to cut to size, easy to transport and easy to put up. Just about any dope can be hired to nail together framing. I ought to know: I did it for a few days back in September 1984 but was too slow and so got sacked before my third day was out.