Summer 1994: Framing the House First Level.

Last two weeks in July 1994:

After decking the basement level I employed what I called the Lego building process.  I would build all the door jacks and headers by myself evenings after work.  I would then place them about where they were going to go for each wall.  On the weekend I would line up help to assemble and standup the walls. 

The Legos in place waiting for the helpers. 

In this picture, Steve, Terry, Ted and Fred.

This is one of the heavy walls after Lego construction. It was too heavy to lift, but luckily Chris brought over his Excavator and helped lift it. 

More Legos going together. 

The first floor was framed by the end of July.

This beam weighed over 300 pounds.

With the walls up, we placed the laminated beam that supports the master bedroom floor and bay window.  

Brother Don and I put it in place by building a wall ladder and moving up each end  6 inches at a time. 

The view was getting better the higher we went. 

I modified the plan and placed the beam on top of the wall, since I did not want it protruding into the living room ceiling.  

We were done with the first floor wall framing, we decked it and were ready to move onto the second floor.