As the exterior finishes up, you can start to see how the main floor interior is going to layout.  Look at the lovely vaulted areas and the spacious living and master bedrooms.  The main floor living room has a cathedral or church feel it is so tall and open.

The good weather has allowed the framing team to make substantial progress so we are ready to get the weather resistant barrier down on the roof and start putting down the shingles.  A very exciting time as the the structure starts taking shape - both from the outside and inside.

We have power!  Excel has installed power poles along Market Avenue and hooked up to the transformer.  What a long process!  Over the next two weeks the electrician will be getting temp power into the faciility.  

Roof trusses are starting to go up.  The weather is still cold and windy but the crew is making progress.  In this video you start to see the interior walls on the main floor and some of the trusses going up.  Soon the entire roof trusses and roof sheathing will be installed.

The framing crew continues to make progress.  The framing of the main floor is almost complete.  The crew continues struggling with extreme cold and windy weather that is slowing progress.  The roof trusses are at the job site and will soon be installed.

Take a look in the basement area as we get ready to install temp heat.  You can see the structrucal steel beams, bracing, and floor trusses.  Over the next few weeks we will get temp heat and start warming up the structure.

We achieved a big milestone on Christmas Day 2025.  The Framing crew completed installing the cap.  This includes framing and sheating the whole lower level and also installing the floor sheathing.  This marks the installation of the structural steel beam, the floor joists, and all  lower level sheating.  Up next we will get temp heat installed in the lower level and begin framing the main floor, including installing ceiling trusses.

Sheathing with the Zip System is starting.  Zip System is a sheathing that insulates, sound proofs, and stabilizes the house construction.  We selected the two inch (2") R9 version.  This delayed us about 60 days due to the extra structural engineering work to confirm wind load.  The house is structurally engineered to 120 MPH windows - which is equivilent to a type 3 hurricane.  I cannot wait to see the full house sheathed with the Zip System.

This video starts to show the floor trusses being installed.  We are waiting on a structrual steel beam to be installed which will allow the trusses to be finished and the "cap" installed.  

The cold weather is slowing down construction but the team continues to make progress.  A cold snap stopped work for a few days but the team is back at it and making more progress.

The weather has turned cold and winter is upon us but construction continues.  Framing is starting and we soon hope to have the basement framed up, the floor trusses and sub floor installed so we can put some temp heat in and continue with framinng the main floor.

The concete wall are installed and we are ready to backfill, waterproof, and then begin framing.

What does a bunch of floor trusses look like?  Here you go.  They will soon be installed after we get the concrete walls poured.  Progress keeps moving forward.

Things start to really take shape.  Concrete forms are being installed in preparation of pouring the walls.  

Construction progresses with the installation of the footings.  

In this video, the project starts to take shape.  The future location for the house is staked out and we get ready for excavation.

In this video, the project starts to take shape.  The future location for the house is staked out and we get ready for excavation.