First Floor Framed, Second Floor Framing Now Started

I drove by the house last night to how things were going with the framing and the first floor was done. Along with that the stairs were framed out and the second story floor (plywood) was installed. There weren’t any walls on the second story so walking around up there was like walking on a flat roof.

While on the second story I was able to map out in my mind where the various rooms were. One thing that caught my attention was a huge beam that was running along the first story ceiling of the garage. I figured out that this was the wall that separated the master closet and my daughter’s closet from the attic storage area.

The beam caught my eye because the top portion of it was about 2 inches above the second story floor. This was an issue because there is not supposed to be a step between my daughter’s closet and the attic storage area (that is how you get to this portion of the attic). I went to another house in the neighborhood that is the same model as ours that is further along in construction to go compare it. Sure enough the other house did not have this step up.

I thought about calling the foreman again but decided to wait since the were not done framing yet. Maybe they would cut off the top portion of the beam to make it even. I would wait and see.

This morning I drove by before going to work and they had walls going up on the second story. I snapped a couple quick photos from my phone while driving by but still could not tell from the photos what was going on with that beam. Here is one to the right.

I think at this point I need to just sit back and let these guys do their work without me getting in the way. I will still drive by everyday and check out what is going on but unless I see something that is completely out of whack and it doesn’t seem like it is getting taken care of I am not going to call. It is so hard though because I am so excited to see it go up.

More pics will come as they frame it out more.

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