meaning the trim board and the stain that we have chosen for the siding. And two, we wanted to get the electrical main permanently anchored to the wall before we call for inspection.
This is one project that, once we get the 1x3 furring strips screwed on to the SIP's, goes relatively fast. And the best part about it is you really feel a sense of accomplishment. The furring strips, as I a may have mentioned in an earlier post, are so that the nails holding the siding have a solid material to fasten to. Going into just the SIP would eventually find the nails popping out and the siding would be loose.
We also set the two 8x8 posts for the back porch. This is not a priority project, but I wanted to get the posts up and into place and a coat of Land Ark on them before the weather starts to turn. My hopes are to get the main beam across them sometime within the next couple of weeks.
This past week the chimney for the fireplace was put in place and the hole through the roof was cut in and run out to the outside. The company showed up on Wednesday to do the job. I had to be there for that. Too much was at stake to have a mistake made while cutting a hole through the T&G, SIP, and up to the outside chase. Honestly, I had nightmares of them punching a hole through the roof and missing the already framed chase and putting a hole through the metal on the roof. So I parked myself up on the roof inside the chase and helped cut the hole. As usual, when doing any dealings with the SIP's it was quite messy, but all went very well and within a couple hours we had it completed.
And lastly for this week, interior framing continues. The entire hallway has been framed. We will now turn our focus to getting all of the walls for the master bedroom, bathroom, and closet walls framed. After these are completed a little framing in the mechanical room and then we will relocate to the upstairs and start the flooring and those walls up there.
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