Day One of Framing

It took over a month to get the slab poured, which turned out to be OK because there was a major problem with the design of the roof system.  The roof trusses could not be ordered, and framing couldn't be started, until it was resolved.  Turns out our esteemed architect designed the staircase for a first floor with a 9ft high ceiling, but designed the roof height to accommodate only an 8ft ceiling.  You won't be shocked to discover that rather than redesign the roof system to accommodate 9ft ceiling and go back to the county for approval (which took 4 months last time we had a design change), we decided to settle for 8ft ceilings on the first floor.

After that snafu, the slab was poured, the windows were delivered, backfill was completed, and yesterday they started the framing.  In another week or two, we should have a completely framed structure.

Looking west-the existing house is to the left.

Standing on what will become the small deck.

Looking into the basement.

The side patio you see will be the little outdoor entry porch.

We also, after much laboring, picked out the siding and roofing colors.  The house will be granite gray with a "driftwood" colored roof.  I've posted some photos of these colors on existing houses.

This is the roof color we selected. 

This is the granite gray siding.