Framing Materials

Framing materials did in fact arrive today. June 10, 2021.  Whoopie!

Heres the truck.  All that material is ours.  Looks like a lot but once you start breaking down the individual components it doesnt seem like a lot.

This is the framing itself.  So closest to the slab is I-beams.  They will be used for rafters.  Next to that is square tubing which will be used for the upright columns and lastly we have C purlins which are used in the walls and roof.  

Heres a close up and personal shot.

Those square pieces of metal on the left are plates or tabs that are welded to the framing in order to keep stuff square and plumb.  The small stack of tin underneath part of the porch roof at the front door.  The other boxes contain different colored screws.  

This is tin for the roof and the trim that goes around the house.  

And this last batch is more roof tin and eaves.

Now for the bad news....General Contractor cannot get here for at least 10 days.  Our home is not the only one he's working on and we are not the only ones who have had delays.  It is what it is.  Our good news is that our material was ordered before all the price jumps in material.  I think when you build a home you have to have a TON of patience.  You need to be able to be very flexible and realise that not everything is gonna happen when you want it to.  Our last home that we built was all on us because we were doing almost all the work.  This house we've turned over to someone else and it will happen when it happens.