Technical details on moving the window

Robert Queen is the PE who has certified the structure of the house.
(All directions are from the outside of the house, while standing on the front porch.) Here's a problem: we'd like to move the window to the right of the front door several inches to the right, as you view it from the outside. Doing so would interfere with the header at the bay window. So here are some pictures, more for his benefit, but for everyone else to get a look at, also.

Outside view:


Inside view:


Tape measure with bay window header visible (if we move 4 boards to the left, we will interfere with the header):


Door and the window on the left side (as you stand on the porch), with tape measure:

Almost completed the framing

A view from our driveway.
Looking at the south-facing side, almost all of the roof surfaces are completed. The crew was out finishing up structures today.
A view of the side porch, all framed in.

A view of the back screened porch.
The front deck is being worked on today. They also will add space for a transom above the front door and a decorative roof over the door.

More work on the decks

A view of the front and side decks.

They were hard at work framing the screened side porch/deck early this morning.

Also beginning work on the back screened porch/deck.

The roof trusses got delivered yesterday.

Now if God would just hold off on the rain...

A walk through the house...

Rajah and I walked through with the camera today.

Not everything is finished. The masons were out getting started on the deck supports, they dropped off some more stone on the driveway where it had gotten soft, the backfill was finished, and the framers were itching to complete the framing on the top floors.

Roof trusses are due out soon.


Chuck talking to the masons.


You can see the mini-roofs over the windows now.

The back side of the house: The framers were anxious to get started framing the screened porch, but the masons need to put the posts in first. We had to ask them to go home and plan on finishing tomorrow.

The fireplace/hearth in the family room.

And...anothuh notch!

Day 4 of framing: they've begun work on the upper floor. The stairs have been put in, so now we can get to all three floors.


the stairs


my kitchen (not huge, but hopefully what we need)


the front door, and above that, Rebekah and Sarah's room.

Taking framing to a new level

Progress continued on the house today, as they began working on the main level.

Second day of framing

Framing underway

Out at the street, a new sign appeared to advertise the newest phase of building...


The crews were hard at work today, beginning to frame the basement level. We already needed to correct a few minor errors, such as not leaving room for the duct work in putting the door headers too high.
And here we caught them putting up the frame with the opening for the window too high on the wall (it should be the same level as the door).

Here is where my washer and dryer will go!

Oops!

While the truck delivering the dumpster was backing (!) all the way down the long driveway from the street, he accidentally plowed over the orange cone atop a sewer tap (on our neighbor's property). You can see how the tire tracks go right next to the pipe.

Thankfully, they are willing to make amends for this problem, and doubly thankfully, it has not caused any sewer backups or problems for our neighbors!

A secret garden...

While we were at the house site, Sarah and I began creating her little "secret" garden. I guess she "needed a bit of earth" like Mary did in The Secret Garden.

Basement floor is finished!

Looking into the garage...and Sarah shows by her height, the height of the walls along the back, northwest side of the house.

The orange lines on the back of the concrete are to where the waterproofing needs to go. Next week, the grader should come out to backfill in next to the walls. The sewer and water have both been hooked up (although the plumbers need to come out and connect the house to the sewer/water hookups now). Once the waterproofing and grading are done, then we're on to framing!