Building An Elkview from 84 Lumber
Day 5
This small 576 square foot cottage is the answer for many in the aftermath of Katrina. With two bedrooms, bathroom, living rooom, and kitchen - this cottage fulfills dreams of many who lost their homes and were left with little to no funds to build a home. For $9,800 approximately we can black in the home on pilings. For about $8,000 more we can complete the inside inclusive with air conditioning, cabinets, washer/dryer, fridge, freezer, and flooring.
Today the interior walls were framed, and started on the banister railing. Usually Friday is a half day as the crews rotate out and go home. So it is a short work day.
Every day we plan to post the progress on this home.
Headed for a solution - We gotta get those shingles on !
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Building An Elkview Day By Day
This is still under construction - watch for daily posts until this home is completed.
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Day seven and the felt paper is on the roof, the banister is almost complete around the entire house, the concrete is poured for the remaining post on the stairwell, and the two extra supports are built to make up for the shortfall in truss count due to the extension over the porch.
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The banister is really starting to take shape
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Two roof joists are put in along with collar ties to make up for the shortfall in roof truss causes by the change order extension of the front porch during construction. On a personal level I would like to see the house plans engineered so there is a short span cathedral ceiling across the center of the home in order to create space.
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Cripples placed at floor height all around outside wall of building.
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Cross bracing is secured on the floor joist per code – in this case it is strap metal bracing.