January 23, 2006
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Wow, things are moving fast now that we're in the rough framing stage. Here are three of the framers: Kevin Piero the lead carpenter, Josh Piero his son, and Matthew Berry. I guess there is one more fellow, George, but I haven't met him yet.
Look at all those interior walls! Most of them are roughed in, or at least sketched onto the concrete and thoroughly measured, and the steel inner shear walls will soon be attached and integrated too. Joy seems fascinated by these guys, as she was with Lugo and his concrete/masonry crew. They are big and strange and strong, and have so many strange toys to play with, which she is not allowed to touch. They pick them up and swing those big heavy things around with ease, as if they were... well, toys. But as she was saying here (on the right), "They are very noisy! TOO NOISY DADDY!"
After five minutes or so, Joy had had enough of the noise-- nail guns and circular saws and ZZ Top, all in a confined space, plus the yelling to be heard over that-- so I don't have many photos from today. I did get one of Joy sitting in the dining room window expressing her opinion of having to wait nine more months to move in. (can you see her tongue in this little photo?)
Here and in the next photo you can see the dining room open to the sky: the framers even have the second-floor joists and sheathing mostly done. They are doing a quality job, too: check out the detail photo below.
By the way, I'm not a paranoid parent forcing Joy to wear a hardhat. That's her bike helmet. We often ride our errands instead of drive (gas prices being what they are... and besides, it's 60 degrees on a "cold" day in January in Southern California, seems weird not to enjoy the outdoors, and a good bike always helps one enjoy good weather). Even with a ton of lumber in the driveway, there's still room to park:
