Building Progress 12

I decided to show a couple of pictures from a slightly different angle. The first picture below shows the front South facing porch. As you can tell there is still some dirt moving work being done. The guys are still smoothing out the ground around the building to facilitate drainage to ensure water doesn't pool around the building. The porch is 112 feet long by 20 feet wide and has a concrete floor. I plan to add an outdoor kitchen in the middle of the porch on the outside edge. It will incorporate a sink, counter area and of course a cooking surface (grill ??) of some sort. I'm hoping my brick guy will brick the counter area and any support columns to match the brick on the building.



This next picture shows the porch area through the side doors (from the inside looking out). The doors are each 12 feet high and 10 feet wide and will be my primary entry doors for the building. I'll drive right in and close the door and be inside as I exit the vehicle to go into my "house". It'll be nice because the entire building is well insulated and will be cool in the summer and warm in the winter.



Bob started work on the "home" framing today. He got the basic layout worked up and started to cut 2X6 lumber to proper lengths for the ground floor walls. We'll use 2X6 lumber for all ground floor walls and 2X4 for the second story walls. It should give me right at 1080 SQ FT of ground floor living space and another 1080 (plus a little since it has thinner walls) of storage on the second floor. The 2nd floor will basically be 2 large open rooms. I'll probably set up a guest bed or two so when I have visitors they have a place to crash.