August 1 - The concrete blocks are being filled with concrete. The tiedown straps are embedded in the wall as the blocks are filled.
August 1 - The blocks are filled. You can see where rain water has collected from an overnight deluge.
August 7 - Here is part of the framing and trim materials. In total, there are five large stacks of it. It is covered so it won't get wet.
August 7 - The slab is ready for concrete (once we pump the water out). The keyways are partially in place. They will help prevent random cracks in the concrete. The steel mesh is in place as is the rebar in the footer.
August 7 - The footers are again full of water as of Tuesday afternoon. We will pump them out tomorrow if the roads are open.
August 9 - Finally after several days of rain delays, we prepped the footers for the garage slab and poured them.
August 9 - Once the footers were poured, we poured the garage slab, placed anchor bolts and finished the concrete slab.
August 10 - The covered walkway is now formed and ready to pour. It is raining, so we'll try to pour on Monday.
August 13 - The walkway has been poured. We had a wet weekend, but it was sunny today. The spots on the walk are pieces of salt to give the walk a salt finish.
August 21 - The rear wall columns and top plate are in place. Headers are not installed yet. The front wall top plate, end columns and center post are erected. The two studs on either side of the center post will stop at the top of the garage doors. Rain chance is 60% today.
August 21 - The flitch beam is made of three parts: 2 yellow pine 3x12s and a 5/8 in x 12 in steel plate. The components were hoisted in place one at a time. The three components are bolted together with 16 (5/8 in) machine bolts. This beam will support the rafters.
August 21 - The headers for the garage door are in place. The flitch beam appears to be just over the headers. (It is really near the center of the garage.) The diagonal bracing is temporary to insure all walls are plumb and square. On the rear wall, the headers are installed above the windows.
August 22 - The upper header is in place on the front and rear of the garage. There is a considerable amount of temporary bracing installed to insure everything stays nice and square.
August 22 - The rear has plywood sheathing installed. Two rafters are in in place: one on the far right of the photo (barely visible) and one near the center.
August 23 - We got rained out today. The humidity is very high - you can see condensation on the camera lens. Today, most of the rafters were installed and the blocking begun. You can see water on the garage floor.
August 23 - This is the side profile. The rafters have not been put over the workshop that juts out on the right.
August 27 - Much of the plywood sheathing is installed. Soon the roof sleepers and plywood will be installed. Rain stopped work about noon today.
August 27 - Louvers will be installed in the four openings over the garage doors. Soon the temporary bracing will be removed and the garage will open up. Windows should be at the supplier and will be delivered in the next few days.
August 30 - All of the rafters are in place. The purlings (sleepers) are also screwed down. The plywood will go on the sleepers tomorrow, weather permitting. Today was cut short by rain.
August 30 - This is the side view of the garage. Several places still need wall sheathing plywood. They will be installed tomorrow. The purlings will be trimmed to the correct length tomorrow before the plywood is installed.
August 30 - This is the back view. The purlings are in place and ready for plywood.
August 30 - The windows arrived for the garage today. If all goes well, we will have the framing and strapping inspection on Tuesday and install windows a day or so later.