And if someone did take the plunge, here is the view looking back up:
And here is where they would land:
On the whole (or the hole), I would not advise doing it.
The structural work continues apace at the house. With the framing essentially completed, the flexible wooden framing members are being tied together with stiffer metal components to make the structure behave as an integrated whole as opposed to a giant Tinkertoy set.
The structural stiffeners inlcude continuous metal straps that are nailed over the framing:
and metal hangers that are added where two framing members cross in order to strengthen the connection between them:
The team is also preparing to pour the concrete for the floor of the media room and the patio.
Speaking of media, the Audio/Video team has craftily hidden HDMI cables througout the house where we will be connecting High Definition televisions to cable/satellite tuners. This will allow us to hide the wiring between the aforementioned televisions and boxes for a much cleaner look.
And the prior owners were kind enough to leave us some music to play on our new High Definition A/V system:
Other framing changes included enlarging the closet in the second guest bedroom to accomodate the 10'' exhaust vent coming from the kitchen hood.
It turns out that it may not be possible to push the air up this pipe from the hood end and we may have to put a big fan at the exhaust end of this huge pipe to pull the air up and out to be able to remove the results of my cooking from the air inside the house. Something along these lines:
Another framing change had more to do with aesthetics than structural integrity. This is what the framing of the windows on the top floor looked like before the change. Note that the top of the bathroom window on the left is above the top of the door on the right and that the door and the two glass panels are not spaced apart equally:
And here is the new improved version:
Next week, more framing, more concrete, and maybe a few finishing touches.
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