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Main Floor Framing

Once we got out of the ground, things started to move fast. The main-floor framing happened very quickly — with the double-wall stud assemblies built beforehand, framed together into walls, and then erected into place. Basically, “on-site prefabrication.”

This is the jig used to build the 2×6/2×4 double-wall assemblies:

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Jim applying glue…

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… and fastening the 3/8″ OSB web.

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This was the first wall to go up. If it’s not clear from the photo, these walls turned out to be very heavy.

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And there’s the first wall standing!

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Framing continued around the main floor, as expected. Adam and Wes cleverly discovered that the walls could be “jacked” into place, making the erection job much easier.

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The northwest elevation…

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View of the wall framing at the front of the house…

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View of the back of the house…

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And the attached garage.

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With walls up, the interior starts to take shape. This image shows the expanse of south-facing windows meant to capitalize on all that free solar energy!

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The reverse view, looking roughly due north.

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Across to where one of the bedrooms will be, in the west corner…

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Framing the main floor took about one week, with just three guys.

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A bit more exterior framing was infilled around the basement walls to finish of the walls, resulting in this nice bird’s eye view of the entire site.

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2 responses to “Main Floor Framing”

  1. Mike damberger says:

    We were wondering what kind of windows you used for your house?

    Very impressive – would love to heck it out someday…

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