Framing Update

Betsy and I went to check up on things yesterday. THIS is what we saw and as you can see things are progressing nicely with the framing. The mason is building piers to support the front and back porches and we are getting ready to bid those jobs out. The first of the mechanical trades, our plumber will be starting some of his work shortly.

If anyone is interested in what's been used to frame the house so far, there's a list HERE. On that list you'll see a number of items Referred to as TJI and LVL. These are engineered lumber components for a for a Weyerhaeuser product, iLevel. The rest of the stuff is pretty self explanatory.

On a seperate, but not totally unrelated note, blog reader asked me about the pine trees that are on the property. In March 2002 we put 5 of the parcel's seven acres into a forest stewardship program which notes "2 rows of indigo bush were planted at a 5'x10' spacing along the western and southern property lines. The rest of the field was planted with loblolly pine at a 8'x10' spacing with the rows running in a north Isouth orientation."

Since then I've been tending to the 2,200 pine trees seedlings which are now 15 to 20 or more feet tall.

After 8 years, on average, each acre of my pines sequesters about four tons of carbon monoxide per acre per year.

Never let it be said I'm not doing my fair share to save the planet.