Framing = Instant Gratification

Framing definitely provides the most instant gratification of any part of the construction process. You start with nothing and by the end of the day you at least have walls! The framers came on Monday morning and by Thursday they had completed the framing for the garage -- everything but the porch roof, that is. They needed to get the sheathing inspected before they could keep working on the porch roof. Without that delay, they probably would have finished the entire garage in one week.

The framers were pretty careful with the work. The amazing thing is how much they used hammers. They only really broke out the compressor and nail gun for the sheathing, and even then a few of them were using hammers. For a four man crew they were really fast. I get the feeling that the boss has been doing it for a long time. He's got his youngest son working with him, who looks like he is just out of high school.

After this, they need to finish the porch roof and put the angled stringers on the roof for the roofers, so that the roof has the approved slope down to the drains.

Even with the parapets the walls of the garage are pretty low, and it really doesn't dominate the backyard the way I was afraid it would when I saw how far forward on the lot it was. It will be more visually massive with the porch roof, but even so I think it will make a nice addition to the back yard rather than be an over-large intruder taking up too much space.

Here are the pictures at the end of each day this week:

Monday:


Tuesday:


Wednesday:


Thursday: