More roof shots......

Here are some more roof shots, the footings for the front porch and Jimmy took a couple of pictures from across the valley.

Loving' Spoonful!

We had a wonderful break from the stress of the house, last Saturday.
The Lovin' Spoonful came to town!

Almost have a roof!

I almost have a roof! Jimmy is standing on top of the Coach garage, says the view is really great from there.
I won't be crawling up there to see!

The crane arrived at 8 am, on a cloudy, cool day.......of all days we've prayed for rain....we don't need it today!

My Roof Arrives!!!

The roof trusses finally arrived! Can't believe they got it all on one truck. It's like a giant erector set......8 trusses bundled together, 12 bundled, etc. they go to different places on the house. The trailer they came in on was fascinating...it had rollers and the driver slowly pulled up then backed up fast, slammed into the trailer and the wood started rolling off. Then he hit a button that started lifting the front end and the rest rolled off as he pulled forward......gentle as could be!

Turkey trot!

So cute!!

A whole family of turkeys just passed through the campsite, by my front door! There were about a 20 of them......5 adults and the rest chicks! I had to scramble to get these pics!

Preparing for the roof!

 Jimmy,
Donald, another neighbor, and the framers were preparing the porch for the roof trusses, due in on Tuesday. Had to have a small crane place the 38' beam in place, so Jimmy could weld the upstairs steel posts to it. By the way, I had to buy Jimmy some suspenders....his pants keep falling off! haha!

Jimmy. the welder!

Here's Jimmy, with help from JR....welding the upstairs steel posts!

17 steel support posts for the balcony!

Jimmy, JR and our neighbor AD (who did most of the welding) finally got all the steel tubing in place and are now putting the I-beams in place for the balcony. For those of you that think this is overkill....Jimmy decided that he wanted the balcony to have the same stained, stamped concrete as the porch, down below. 4" of concrete presents a whole new weight issue, so we had to have it re-engineered! (sigh)

looking like a house!

Jimmy, JR, AD and the 4 framers put up the first HUGE support beam across the steel posts, downstairs that will be supporting the concrete balcony. There are 17 steel posts....I don't think the balcony will be going anywhere! The house may collapse, but the balcony will be there, forever!

The house grows......

The bus garage is up and they're working on the top floor! (the main floor) in my "upside down" house!
All that's downstairs is a couple of guest rooms and a living area. The upstairs has the Master, another guest room, kitchen, great room, Jimmy's office, laundry, the garages, etc. And the kitchen has an all glass floor to ceiling 15' door that opens out onto the deck....pretty cool!

The container arrives!

In the meantime, JJ, Jimmy's Godson, borrowed the 45"flatbed trailer from the local sheriff, and went to Fort Worth and got our container full of furniture and "stuff". It was a real "squeeze" to get it through the Woodwinds.....a fact that is my point exactly!! A moving van couldn't get through there!

Loma Grande Drainage!

After the Fire, the rains came! Our friend A.D. and Jimmy went up to John's ranch, Loma Grande and re-diverted the water with his backhoe and bulldozer, so it wouldn't take out the ranch house. The fire got the barns, burned snowmobiles, sleigh and wagon....no animals thank goodness!

Monsoon season starts.....

After the Little Bear fire...they have been clearing out all the drainage areas and making holding areas for the flooding that is happening after the terrible burn scar. The top left picture was taken 20 minutes before the top right picture! The water is black and full of soot....they are trying to keep it separate from our lakes etc. Now I know how California feels.

Starting on the upstairs!

Phillip and his crew are starting on the upstairs, framing! The yellow thing below (in the picture) is what they use to shoot into the concrete. (22 bullets) The blue tool, in the middle, is for screwing the boards into the beams....they walk along and screw them in while standing upright....neat, huh?

Sittin' and chillin'

Spent a nice weekend just sitting and visiting with friends Mary Anne and Paul.

Little Bear Fire.....

 

Downstairs almost done!

 

Stop in Silverton

 

Ouray Jeep Trail

 

Little Bear Fire!

 

more pics!

 

Durango/Silverton Razr trail ride!

 

The framing has started!

 

My Bus garage floor!

 

for Kathy----

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2925 Galleria drive
Arlington, Tx 76011
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