Febuary 2008 Top Floor Decking

Beautiful day, beautiful view. On the left are the long joists that remained to be placed. Some of the wrong size was delivered at first.  

I realized today that he new garage is about the same size as the little guesthouse I have lived in for quite some time. 

The additional stainless steel bolts have been added to the wood rim board that has the joist hangers attached to it. 

The decking boards were passed thru the front door opening

The new temporary stairs just go straight up but the real ones will extend out further into the foyer and have a landing that turns the entrance off them to the right. Dan was here the whole time his guys were working....if you want a great custom  builder...call Dan Zehentner !! I just can't say enuf about how wonderful Dan is. He thinks ahead, sees thru smoke-screens, and is a lot of fun. 

Emerging onto the new top floor.

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Dan has the guys mark out the location of the room walls in red chalk. He says that red is the last color to fade off in rain and wind....blue first, black next, last red.

It is really wonderful to see how my room I will have. I didn't want to stand too near the edge, but this would be kinda like standing in the living room and looking past the kitchen , down the hall and into the master bedroom where Dan is standing. 

We are really up high now, and can see the Gulf. Just a little, but then it is really calm right now. There will be a upper porch over this lower one in the left photo. We need some capitol blocks to use on the columns before we keep stacking them up. 

The vent covers are on order for these rectangle openings.