After 11 months of planning, re-planning, and more re-planning, the builders started framing yesterday around noon. By early evening the floor joists and sub-floor were completed - moving right along. The crew is super fortunate to have great weather expected for the rest of the week. My daughter Sophie and I are making a quick mid-week run up to the island to deliver the front door and roof skylights. But the best part is that we can check the progress and hopefully get a peek at the fully framed cottage structure...
This is drainage hole/ditch that I had to dig by hand. That was a real pain-in-the-azz. Remind me to avoid hand digging in the future. However, it was absolutely necessary to have a solid 40' run of 4" drain pipe to tie in the sump pump and gutter downspouts.
Here is the asphalt primer I applied in preparation for the foundation membrane.
This is me working on the foundation membrane. Slow and messy. The plan is to keep the foundation and crawlspace as dry as possible!
Plywood for the sub-floor.
The crew installed I-joists which are manufactured floor joists that simplify construction, reduce cost and use 40-50% less wood than conventional floor joists. This should make the green environmentalists happy...
Floor joists and sub-floor almost done. Here you can see the temporary sump pump plumbing that was tied into the drain pipe installed earlier.
