In March of 2007, Oscar from ODR Roofing in San Jose started the roof tile work. Here, the tiles are stacked in preparation for laying them out, and ridge blocking is put in place in order to hold the ridge tiles.
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Once the majority of the framing was complete, Chris and crew were able to start the exterior sheathing, beginning with the roof over the great room and kitchen. The kitchen roof is actually what is called a "roof deck" in that part of the roof over that area also serves as the deck off the master bedroom.
The final floor–the floor that will pretty much be the "master suite"–begins to be built. But first, one more shot of the ThermaSteel Panels. They arrived unassembled (naturally) and marked with the figures that you see here. The figures corresponded to the detailed drawings that Chris worked on along with the ThermaSteel engineers. This shot shows the view of one of the bedroom window openings, and illustrates how vertically adjoining panels are connected with wide metal binding brackets screwed in place. The header for each window frame is pre-fabricated into the the construction of the panel and tied into vertical steel studs that go straight up to the top of the upper panel, where the steel top beam completes the frame for both compression and shear strength integrity.
Once the stem walls and garage level was complete, it was time for the main floor, beginning with the sheathing for the main floor. This entire area that you see in the photo below will eventually be covered with flexible radiant tubing and then over that, a layer of concrete. In the photo below, the ThermaSteel SIPs wait, ready to be erected.
And this next photo shows the steel moment beams framed and the beginning of the SIPs put in place. The next phase of the project involved finishing up the stem walls using concrete block for the support for the main body of the house. On the far corner, the framing construction for the garage and utility also began. This shot shows that effort well underway. What is not shown in this section of the project was the amount of drainage work that took place, as well as the work needed to route the gas, electric, and water utility lines. That’s boring. But it took time. In the bottom center of the photo is the landing area for the main entrance, which is slightly offset from the staircase.
Below is the view from the "driveway." Straight ahead is the future garage door. To the right is our beloved platform that still serves as the main storage area for materials that need to be held on site and cannot be accommodated inside. |
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