The snow has been coming down most of the day and by evening we have nearly a foot of snow on the ground with blowing and drifting snow around the house nearly 2' deep in places. Luckily we have the wood stove fired up and the first floor is very warm, but above on the 2nd and 3rd levels, it's still breezy and cold with so many air leaks unplugged.
Bill has been installing blocking all day on the 2nd floor walls using up our scrap 2 x4's. The blocking will provide a solid nailing surface for the vertical siding to be installed on the outside of this portion of the house.
Pat has completed attaching the treated lumber to the concrete wall near the stairway and has started filling in between the studs he has shot to the wall with the foam insulation scraps we have around. We need more, but right now they are buried in the snow.
I have been up on the 3rd level framing interior walls for the master suite and when Pat finishes down below he comes up to give me a hand. We have pre-drilled many of the studs for horizontal vent lines which are normally much harder to feed pipe through as well as drill holes for. Some extra planning at this stage makes the job go easier. I complete the gluing of the PVC pipe and fittings in the master bath, but not before I manage to kick over the can of purple pipe primer on the floor. Some rags and it's wiped up quickly, but the fumes linger. Framing these upper walls has strengthened the entire structure and I add a solid 4 x4 post above the north/south oak beam that will support the main east/west ridge beam.
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