The following photos are from a custom home I am building for a client.
It is 2300 heated sq_ft with 4 bedrooms, a huge! three car garage, and a large future bonus room above that garage.
Here are the electricians roughing in a floor outlet and the power to the kitchen island. Note that we use "post-tensioned" foundations here in my part of La.
The home is being built on what was a pine forested lot some 4 years ago. When the trees were removed it left the soil somewhat unstable and my civil engineer said we needed to use helical piers. This is a pic of the pier... well the end of it with a steel plate on it that will support the concrete foundation beams of the house slab. These piers are a somewhat newer technology here and it was the first time I've used them. Based on my experince so far, I'd highly recommend them over the old drill shaft method.
We poured the slab and the framing carpenters started in first by snapping the wall lines on the slab and a short 4 weeks later we had a structure that was in the dry. Here is a shot of the garage. Shown is a 9' wide door opening and the 18' double door opening.
Inside the living/dining area (glue-lam pr0n!)
Once the decking was on and the HVAC and plumbing lines were thru the roof, we shingled it (the roof angles are mostly 9-in-12 and 14-in-12). We also had the HVAC contractor install the metal roof over the front porch and the chimney cap. Then, after all the electrical and plumbing and hvac was roughed in, the sheet rockers showed up and installed over 11,000 square feet of gypsum board in 2 days.
In the meantime the brick masons were steady at it... no real rush since they are not holding up any of the work going on inside the house. Here is a shot of the end of the garage wall which will have a couple decrative sets of closed shutters (there is no window).
After the 'rockers' left yesterday, the mud men moved in and started "tape, mud, and floating" the walls.... a lot of work for $0.25 per sq Ft!! That also includes an 'orange peel' texture which is the norm here.
The master bath:
Here is the front and rear elevations of the house as it looked this evening, 27 Apr.
It is 2300 heated sq_ft with 4 bedrooms, a huge! three car garage, and a large future bonus room above that garage.
Here are the electricians roughing in a floor outlet and the power to the kitchen island. Note that we use "post-tensioned" foundations here in my part of La.
The home is being built on what was a pine forested lot some 4 years ago. When the trees were removed it left the soil somewhat unstable and my civil engineer said we needed to use helical piers. This is a pic of the pier... well the end of it with a steel plate on it that will support the concrete foundation beams of the house slab. These piers are a somewhat newer technology here and it was the first time I've used them. Based on my experince so far, I'd highly recommend them over the old drill shaft method.
We poured the slab and the framing carpenters started in first by snapping the wall lines on the slab and a short 4 weeks later we had a structure that was in the dry. Here is a shot of the garage. Shown is a 9' wide door opening and the 18' double door opening.
Inside the living/dining area (glue-lam pr0n!)
Once the decking was on and the HVAC and plumbing lines were thru the roof, we shingled it (the roof angles are mostly 9-in-12 and 14-in-12). We also had the HVAC contractor install the metal roof over the front porch and the chimney cap. Then, after all the electrical and plumbing and hvac was roughed in, the sheet rockers showed up and installed over 11,000 square feet of gypsum board in 2 days.
In the meantime the brick masons were steady at it... no real rush since they are not holding up any of the work going on inside the house. Here is a shot of the end of the garage wall which will have a couple decrative sets of closed shutters (there is no window).
After the 'rockers' left yesterday, the mud men moved in and started "tape, mud, and floating" the walls.... a lot of work for $0.25 per sq Ft!! That also includes an 'orange peel' texture which is the norm here.
The master bath:
Here is the front and rear elevations of the house as it looked this evening, 27 Apr.
