The crane is here… let the roof framing begin!

We prepared most of our beams on top of the garage roof. We then craned them into place on top of the steel or wooden posts….

… placing beams….

 
Here’s Al, surrounded by some of the timberwork:

…these are rafters, waiting to get lifted up onto the beams….

….placing rafters, which will be spread out into position later….

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Getting ready to pour concrete…

You can see all the radiant lines for heating…. we will be capturing excess heat from wastewater and vented air and will transfer that heat into the floors…..

… notice how we insulate the edge of the floor slab so that heat isn’t lost to the outside. The floors will be colored in order to capture [...]

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…getting ready to ram a retaining wall…

… you can also see the in-floor heating pipe (in red) awaiting concrete in the rear section of the house.
There will be a few retaining walls in the front of the house….. more photos to come…..

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