Wellcroft Building Updates

It was an exciting day when the lumber yard delivered the trusses.  We arrived on the place and noticed the trusses stacked in a bunch on top of the garage.  Turns out, each truss was too heavy for the four-man crew to move without mechanical assistance. They had to move the hydraulic lift into place inside the garage to support the truss as they moved it towards the end of the garage. They finally got the first truss in place and quickly went to work on placing the rest of the garage trusses. When the garage trusses were in place they started work on the trusses over the second floor. We didn't get many photos of this process unfortunately. We were making preparations for driving back to Texas. In our final weeks in Washington we packed in as much as we could. Fifteen of us went to a Mariner's ballgame, compliments of Joe and Sharon. Mariner's beat the Red Sox 6 - 3. Tons of fun but it got hot! We spent a day with friends from Northern California where we used to live. Ran...

 JULY ACTIVITY July 17-25 Once the framing for the first floor was complete, the building crew started putting the outer plywood on the frame. And they also added more floor joists and subfloor for the second floor. Hydraulic lift for heavy items.      Get down from there, Butch! Here is the stair well, open to the sunlight as there was no roof yet! There was one long support beam that runs two-thirds the length of the house to support the ceiling over the open kitchen/living area. Some of it will be visible after the drywall is put up. In my mind's eye, I am imagining something like the beams that were in the living room of 341 Chama, but just one beam instead of many. We will probably use a much lighter stain than Chama too.            Looking north.            Looking south. Here is the upstairs master bedroom window. In the photo, the garage to the left does not have a ceiling or wall yet. Here...

 July 15, 2023 - First Floor From the Inside Out Looking out of Ranae's bedroom windows toward the east. Looking east from her bathroom window. Looking south  through the living room windows. Looking north through the kitchen windows. Looking west through the sliding door off the living room. Looking west again, but through the kitchen sink window. From outside the sliding door of the living room, looking east.