Windows Installation Begins

East Elevation

West Elevation

Stair Tower

First Floor-Front Door & Hallway

Second Floor from Stair Tower-Installing the Windows and the Beautiful View

2nd Floor- Stair & Reading Corner

First Floor-Bedroom

Interior Framing

Living room & view of Nantucket Sound beyond

View of Kitchen & Dining room

View from Second floor into Stair well

First Floor-Stair & Front Door

First Floor-Stair & Entry Hall

Exterior Rigid Insulation Install

The walls in this house will be over R-40. We are using 2x6s with blown in cellulose insulation with 4" of nailbase on the exterior. The nailbase consists of 4" of extrude polystyrene insulation (R:20) and 1/2" of plywood for nailing the shingles.  Around each window we framed out a 2x4 box so that the windows are attached to the wall properly.  This is a view of the rigid foam around a 1st floor window:

Rigid foam insulation on the exterior, looking down the wall:

Rigid Foam Insulation: a detail at the stair window:

Rigid Foam Insulation

South Elevation-Stair Tower

East Elevation-Living Room

Framed out around windows, doors, and at corners of structure

 to receive the nailbase insulation

South Elevation- Partial Install of Rigid Foam Insulation

West Elevation-Install of Rigid Foam Insulation

North-West Corner of Structure

Roof Framing Complete

East Elevation

South-East Elevation

North-East Corner

North-West Elevation

Roof Detail-Soffit

Roof/2nd Floor Ceiling Detail- Exposed Steel I-Beam

South-East Corner:  Deep Roof Soffit Detail

Roof Overhang

Roof Framing Continues

Stair Tower

Steel & Wood Framing

View from top of Stair

Steel Detail

An Amazing View!

Roof framing starts

2nd Floor Framing Continues

Despite high wind advisories, the framers have continued. The high North wall is up, as is the south wall.  The sloping walls along the east and west are in process.

View of the North Elevation from the Street

View of South walls being framed

View of the West (back) elevation

View from the sitting area at the stair tower

View from the tower

View from Living area towards Nantucket Sound

View from deck towards the southeast

View from porch to the south west

View to the North from dining area

Putting wood plates on the steel beams for roof joists to be framed