East Wall Sheathing

 Sheathed the east wall today.

East Wall

It was quite a job doing it alone. As you can see from the picture below, it is pretty high off the ground and the OSB sheets are heavy.

East Wall from outside

View from South

North, East & West walls

 My son-in-law and grandson came this morning and helped me to lift and brace the north wall.  My daughter came too but decided to just sit in the car and watch.

 

North Wall Raised

 

 Once that was done I had space to stud up the east & west walls.  Since those weren't sheathed they were light enough for me to lift them myself.

 

East Wall

In the photo above you can see the opening for the sliding door that will open onto the deck

 

West Wall

North Wall - day 2

 Put the sheathing on the north wall and it is ready to be raised and braced in place.  Now I just need to schedule some help to do that.

Sheathed North Wall

North Wall - day 1

 Today I picked up the lumber to frame up the north wall, got it assembled and squared.  Tomorrow I hope to put the sheathing on it.

North Wall Studded

South Wall Raised

 This morning, with the help of my son-in-law and two grandsons we got the south wall raised and braced in position.

South Wall

South wall - day 2

 I finished sheathing the south wall and it's ready to raise.  Now I just have to gather enough muscle to help me raise it up.

South Wall - day 1

 I completed the sub-floor and framed up the south wall.  I got most of the sheathing on the wall but I ran out of time and will have to finish up later.

South wall partially completed

Framing the deck - day 4

 This morning I had to wait for a county building inspector to check out my deck framing before I could continue.  But, once that was done I got almost all of the sub-floor installed, only two sheets left.

Tomorrow I hope to complete the sub-floor and frame up the south wall.

Framing the deck - day 3

 I got the rest of the floor joists in today...ready for subfloor.

Framed Deck

Framing the deck - day 2

 I spent the morning picking up lumber and the afternoon getting half of the floor joists installed.

Floor joists on western half

Framing the deck - day 1

 Today's progress: got the rim boards and the center beam in place.  

Rim boards & center beam

Damp proofing & Sills

 Today I put on the second and final coat of damp proofing and installed the sills.  Next step is to frame the deck/floor of the house.

Damp proofed foundation with sills

Damp Proofing - coat 1

 First coat of damp proofing is on the foundation...messy work.

First coat of damp proofing

Prep for Crawl Space Damp Proofing

I decided to run my water service pipe into the crawl space and close off the entrance prior to damp proofing the crawl space instead of having to go back and do it after.  You can see here that they left me an opening in the wall to run the water service through.

Water Service Entrance

So, I ran the water pipe into the hole they left me and used some scrap cinder block and mortar to cover up the entrance holes in prep for damp proofing.

Water Service Entrance prepped for damp proofing

As you can see in the photo below, there is a similar spot on the south wall of the crawl space for the septic pipes to exit.  My septic install is still some ways away so I decided to leave that for later.

Septic Exit