Ok, going to try to write on TOP of the pictures today for a change... Here is the groin hallway... COMPLETED.... The bottoms of the arches, where you see the little 4x4 posts, are 8 feet above the concrete. The arches between those columns are 9 1/2 feet, and then the apex of the groin is about 11 feet. I could not be more happy with how this turned out. Wifey hasn't seen them in person yet, so she is itching to head out there in a minute and take a look... What she doesn't know is that I am going to get her to help carry a very heavy fireplace down there and position it... he he...
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This groin is a tad larger than the others, and is in the inside Entry Foyer, it is also a little taller and more square in shape, about 12 feet at the apex.
Circular double step ceiling in the Dining Room. I like the way this turned out, but man is it way up there. 13 feet. Should leave room for the trapeze act during dinner.
This is a decorative cathedral vault in the middle of the kitchen. Although it looks like roof rafters, they are not, and the roof will be well above this part of the house. That is a double 2x12 I think at the top. We will have decorative wooden beams that mimick this pattern actually below the drywall, but they will be much heavier looking than this. The center of this ceiling is directly over the center kitchen island.... hopefully...
Finally, they put in the large beams that span across the garage to carry the tile roof load. They also added an additional beam so they could cut out some of the I joists and give them more "run" distance on the attic staircase. I blame myself for being a little passive on this one and making assumptions that someone had actually figured this out (plan stage, design stage, and material takeoff stage). Anyway, it will work much better now and I suspect they will have this staircase in by today.
Thats it... Got to go load up the fireplace and get it out there. Shipping weight was almost 800 pounds, but a lot of that was the firebrick (it's a click brick system, and the bricks go in later).
Have a nice day.
OH, it would be nice to hear some comments from some of you... Good or bad. I am curious too as to who is reading this and from where? I can moderate the comments, but I never get any ;-(
ok finally got a chance to see the blog. The groins are beautiful, how very cool. I didn't realize how much framing had been done already.
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Hey male sibling and his most awesome wife! Astonishing! Really! I read daily--don't understand MOST of the words, but love the pix!
ReplyDeleteSis, yes, the wife is awesome, and the much better half. She is a bit turbed at me for posting the unibomber picture. Hope all is well up in the snow...
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words... Come by sometime and get a tour. The little ones can run around and pick up nails...