Vāstu Home Framing

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This is the most exciting part of construction – when all the preparatory planning, site and foundation work gets rapidly transformed into the framework for the new living space. Framing started on September 25, 2017. The perfection of the foundation made for an equally perfect start.

Central Support Beams
Central Support Beams in crawlspace
Completed Subfloor Framing
Completed Subfloor Framing
Subfloor Framing Closeup
Clean Sight-Lines
Subfloor with wall under construction
Subfloor with wall under construction
Aerial View September 30
Aerial View September 30, 2017

Subfloor and Initial House Framing

By the end of the first week, the framers completed the basic core framing and had started work on the ceiling joists. Vernon was beaming with satisfaction at having achieved the required precision and quality: “Flattest framed floor I’ve ever seen.”

Overhead View of Framing
Overhead View of Framing
Core Detail View
Core Detail View
Main Entrance
Main Entrance
Inside Out View of Foyer
Inside Out View of Foyer
Temporary Cross-Bracing
Temporary Cross-Bracing
Framing Detail
Framing Detail
Door Header Detail
Door Header Detail
Framing Viewed from Northeast
Framing Viewed from Northeast
Blueberrry Scout
Blueberrry Scout
Parging Guides
Parging Guides
Marc and Vernon
Marc and Vernon Enjoying the flight of Blueberry Scout
front view on October 6, 2017
October 6, 2017
Aerial View October 6, 2017
Aerial View
Garage-Workshop pad
Garage-Workshop pad
Brahmasthan Framing
Brahmasthan Framing
Cupola
Cupola
Front Porch Footing
Front Porch Footing
Workshop Sill Plates
Workshop Sill Plates

Porch Construction

During the week of October 8, Vernon supervised construction of the front and back porches. The windows arrived and the trusses for the garage/workshop roof should be delivered on October 16.

View from Front Door
View from Front Door on October 14, 2107
Aerial View of Porches
Aerial View of Porches
Aerial View from Northwest
Aerial View from Northwest
Aerial View from North
Aerial View from North
Close-in Aerial View from North
Close-in Aerial View from North
Back Porch
Back Porch

The Well Flows Well

Despite the size of the property, due to various constraints, we only had a small area in which to place the water & geothermal wells. By good fortune, the water well came in at an amazing 20 gallons per minute at 285′.

Well Head
Well Head
Mud Tracks
Mud Tracks

Garage/Workshop

By Thursday, October 19 the basic framing was done. With only a few windows left to install and some clean up work, we’re ready to move on to plumbing rough-in. Mother Nature was kind to provide perfect weather for the work to date. Everything inside is already dried-in – most unusual for this stage of construction.

Henry specified trusses for the garage ceiling joists/roof rafters. This created enough headroom for attic storage.

Garage/Workshop
Garage/Workshop
Garage truss detail
Garage truss detail
Garage viewed from NE corner workshop
Garage viewed from NE corner workshop
Workshop viewed from garage
Workshop viewed from garage
Front view with windows
Front view with windows
Back porch with windows and doors
Back porch with windows and doors
Aerial view October 20, 2017
Aerial view October 20, 2017
Aerial view from south
Aerial view from south
Aerial view from southwest
Aerial view from southwest

Concrete flakes

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