The set-up crew arrived bright and early this morning, and they wasted no time getting the roof of the front half jacked up.
They began placing beams under the front half so they could roll it across as well.
By around 11:30, they had the two halves together on the basement.
As you can see from the photo, the front half needed to be let down onto the basement wall. But before that could happen, the guys had to make sure the two halves were lined up perfectly. Luckily, I got to go in the house while they did that. And that was like Christmas morning! I wandered from room to room, so excited to see the finished product. And even though we have A LOT of work ahead of us before it is totally finished (and I do mean A LOT), it was still awesome to see it. Our house. Ours. After months and months of planning and paperwork, the finished product is finally here. Well, not really finished yet, but you know what I mean.
The guys worked in the basement attaching the house together with lag bolts, while Patrick Wilson and I moved the finishing supplies around. Inside the living room and master bedroom were door casings, siding for both ends, all the crown moulding, sheetrock, pvc pipe, roof shingles, ridge vents, etc. Lots of stuff that needed to be moved.
After the house was attached and the guys fixed the roof where some shingles blew off during the drive down here, Jason and his dad started on the ridge cap. They're working on that now, trying to get the roof done before dark. After supper tonight, Jas plans to put in the basement stairs. All the wood is cut and the holes are pre-drilled, so hopefully we can finish the stairs tonight. Tomorrow's goal is to frame and wrap the gable ends of the home (the open triangle you see in the photo above) and get the house "buttoned up".
This was such an amazing day, and getting to walk through the house and see everything was really amazing. But I realize that we have some long days of work ahead of us to finish things out. But as Patrick said today, it's worth it when it's your own house.
