Day 42: Wood framing, continued

The wall separating the family room from the bedroom and bathroom was built today – see pic below. The wide opening to the left frames the bathroom door. The wide opening to the right frames the bedroom door. The framing between the doors is part of a structural shear wall.

We also assembled all of the floor joists for the loft above the bedroom, bathroom and closet – see pic below.

I will continue watering the porch slab for the next few days to help it cure slower.

Cool fact:
The full moon nearest the summer solstice follows almost the same path in the sky that the sun follows on the winter solstice (and vice versa). Last night was a full moon near the summer solstice, but not the nearest. The full moon on June 7th was closer by 4 days. I was up during the middle of the night and took some long exposure photographs. The first one is of the moon low in the southern sky – right about where the sun will be around noon on December 21st.

The following pic looks into the home through the big sliding glass door opening.

The large rectangle of light on the floor represents about how far sunlight will penetrate into the family room at noon on December 21st. The 3 smaller rectangles of light creeping up the back wall are from the window over the sliding glass door. You can predict daylight sun penetration into rooms for any time of any day of the year using 3D CAD modeling software. I think it is more fun to see it in action on the real home.

I'll close with a pic of Justin, Joshua and Mike - the framing crew enjoying a brew in the loft at the end of day 42. Thanks for reading. I enjoy your comments.