Putting the Trusses on half of the House

The Truck arrives with the trusses!

He lays them on the ground before cabling them on over to the top of the house

 They lift them up on the top!

Another angle as they get slowly put up!

It's starting to look like a house!

You can see the crane line lifting them over in this picture!

Filling and Compacting the dirt behind the Great Cement WAll

So this was a big hole to fill in and lots of dirt was moved for about 3 days!

The 2nd floor will continue over onto this area for the rec room!

Thanks for heavy equipmen that gets the job done!

Asphalt Emulation for Water proofing that Great Cement Wall!

That black tar emulsion having been applied 

The Framing Goes forth through the month of July!

Framing up the Cement Wall from the Lake Side  July 6th 2011

July 6th Getting ready to put floor joists across 2nd floor

Walking that I beam-what dexterity

July 13th Great Fireplace Wall

Huge Footing for Retaining Wall

July 13th Raining but still working on Master Bedroom

Lake Side View of 2nd Floor Master Bedroom July 13th

July 20th Window Wall being reconstructed with steel

July 26th Window Wall completed!  YEAH!

The Creation of the Rock Wall to hold Neighbor's house up!

So we had to create a retaining wall to buoy up the foundation of the neighbor's house

Even though they built on our property!

So here is the first man cementing the boulders together 

He is washing the cement off the boulders

So a new fellow is working the wall now!

The Wall of Windows Deconstructed!

So the builders didn't put steel rods in the framing of the Wall of Windows

So we requested that they take it down and build it according to the plans!

Our first big glitch!

We feel so much better knowing it will be strong and stable for any storm!

Retaining Wall STarted & Framing of Great Room

Rock Retaining Wall holding neighbors house up!

The Framing Begins!