1615 Chaps Way in Steamboat Springs

 After Bud dug the holes for the piers, Stein covered them to protect from the snow. Good thing, as a gentle snow fell all day.  So Tom the surveyor had to work around the covers in the cold and snow to precisely locate where the piers should be.  GPS makes it a little easier.

  While Nelson and Mario continuing framing, Stein, Earlen and Brede, with an assist from Bud's backhoe, have to re-arrange materials from where Alpine Lumber dropped them off. Won't need the glulam beams for a while, so atop the dumpster is a handy spot to store on a very tight site. Once the materials are moved, Bud starts to dig the holes for the seven piers that will support the wrap-around porch. It's a sunny day, but the earth is frozen. The gravel is ready to back-fill the holes.

  With the framing in place, the particle board is nailed to the studs to create the first wall of the house. Then work begins on framing the next wall.

  With finally a day of bright sunshine instead of snow, it's time to go vertical. Nelson nails the studs into the baseboards atop the foundation. While new studs are cut from the lumber on site.                                                                                                          And by day's end, the first floor west wall is framed and in place.                                                                                                   

  More work completed on the baseboards atop the foundation walls.

Can't begin the framing without wood.  Luckily, Alpine Lumber delivers.  It's a tight site on which to store materials. Mario first had to drill the holes to match the concrete screws. Then the baseboard is bolted down to the concrete foundation.

  The framers arrived to assess and plan.                                                             First task: clear off the top of the foundation walls to expose the screw ties extending up from the concrete.