On top of the 12 foot wall looking down into bedroom 2. Matt my ICF guy is the coolest guy (and crew for that matter). When I showed up yesterday, they had already fixed the area over at the Master Bath (lucky catch on that one). Anyway, he casually mentions that he "moved" the windows you see in this picture. "They looked like crap, because they weren't centered on the gable peak". Sure enough... My thanks to him for being proactive and just making that decision.
Oh, now I know why they haven't glued all that stuff in place yet...
Looking down into the distance, across the Rec room, Kitchen, and in the distance the Guest room. The larger windows on the left are 4 feet wide by 6 feet tall, and will be picture windows out the back.
Down into Bedroom 3. That is a 10 foot plate height there, and where you see it drop on the right hand side of the picture is the shortest plate, an 8 foot plate over Bathroom 2. The door in the left of the picture goes out to the garage, and my wife is concerned it looks short (6'8"), but I am holding my ground. Matt did convince me to make it a 36 inch wide door, another good catch on his part...
Looking immediately over the Dining room, Foyer, courtyard, and then the 14 foot high Master Bath (which is exceptionally cool). That's Matt off in the distance standing on the scafolding, for perspective... You can wave at him if you like, and see if he waves back.
Study on left with windows, Living room to the right of that...
I forgot to ask Matt why there is a chunk of foam missing from the peak, but there is probably a reason. Also, you can see how the ICF gable ends higher than the wall beside it. That is because the extended line of the gable will go down over the outside wall, and then extend out over the soffit.
I tried helping them yesterday by carrying some boards that were delivered. Picked up a very green, wet 2 x 10 16 footer and promptly tripped over the concrete going into the garge. Me and the board fell all at the same time... Fortunately, the board beat me to the ground. Wounded my pride big time in from of the ICF crew. So the joke was that I had done my part by carrying "part" of a board partway. Of course they carried the other 28 and then lifted them up onto the scaffolding... I am the weakest link... But, since I am also paying for things, I stepped back and watched the professionals handle things.
Except, I did bore some holes into the ICF where things need to pass through. Hose bibs, electrical, etc.
Last night we got dumped on with rain, so the ICF guys called it off for today. I am headed out to check on the status of the road, and some misc. stuff.
Looks like they will finish tomorrow, and the pour is scheduled for Monday AM... I think Matt said he had a 45 Meter pump truck coming... 5 axles, 2 to steer... Yikes.
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